Acts 20:24

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²⁴But ^(A)I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^(B)I may finish my course and ^(C)the ministry ^(D)that I received from the Lord Jesus, ^(E)to testify to ^(F)the gospel of ^(G)the grace of God.

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2 Timothy 4:6-8

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⁶For ^(A)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my ^(B)departure has come. ⁷^(C)I have fought the good fight, ^(D)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Henceforth there is ^(E)laid up for me ^(F)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ^(G)the righteous judge, will award to me on ^(H)that day, and not only to me but also to all ^(I)who have loved his appearing.

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2 Corinthians 4:1

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The Light of the Gospel

4 Therefore, having ^(A)this ministry ^(B)by the mercy of God,^[a] we do not lose heart.

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2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy

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2 Corinthians 12:10

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¹⁰^(A)For the sake of Christ, then, ^(B)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^(C)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Acts 21:13

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¹³Then Paul answered, ^(A)“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^(B)I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ^(C)for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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1 Corinthians 15:58

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⁵⁸^(A)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^(B)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^(C)your labor is not in vain.

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2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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¹⁶So we do not lose heart. ^(A)Though our outer self^[a] is wasting away, ^(B)our inner self ^(C)is being renewed day by day. ¹⁷For ^(D)this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, ¹⁸^(E)as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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2 Corinthians 4:16 Greek man

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

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⁸We are ^(A)afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹persecuted, but ^(B)not forsaken; ^(C)struck down, but not destroyed;

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Philippians 3:13-15

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¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: ^(A)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal for ^(B)the prize of the upward ^(C)call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Let those of us who are ^(D)mature think this way, and if in anything ^(E)you think otherwise, ^(F)God will reveal that also to you.

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Hebrews 12:1-3

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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^(A)sin which clings so closely, and ^(B)let us run ^(C)with endurance the race that is ^(D)set before us, ²looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(E)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(F)the shame, and ^(G)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

³^(H)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(I)fainthearted.

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Ephesians 2:4-10

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⁴But^[a] God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, ^(B)because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵even ^(C)when we were dead in our trespasses, ^(D)made us alive together with Christ—^(E)by grace you have been saved— ⁶and raised us up with him and ^(F)seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^(G)riches of his grace in ^(H)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For ^(I)by grace you have been saved ^(J)through faith. And this is ^(K)not your own doing; ^(L)it is the gift of God, ⁹^(M)not a result of works, ^(N)so that no one may boast. ¹⁰For ^(O)we are his workmanship, ^(P)created in Christ Jesus ^(Q)for good works, ^(R)which God prepared beforehand, ^(S)that we should walk in them.

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Ephesians 2:4 Or And

Romans 11:6

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⁶^(A)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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Romans 8:35-39

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³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written,

^(A)“For your sake ^(B)we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than ^(C)conquerors through ^(D)him who loved us. ³⁸For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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1 Peter 5:12

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Final Greetings

¹²By ^(A)Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, ^(B)I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is ^(C)the true grace of God. ^(D)Stand firm in it.

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Philippians 1:20-23

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²⁰as it is my eager expectation and hope ^(A)that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full ^(B)courage now as always Christ ^(C)will be honored in my body, ^(D)whether by life or by death. ²¹For to me ^(E)to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²²If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. ²³^(F)I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is ^(G)to depart and ^(H)be with Christ, for that is far better.

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Titus 1:3

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³and ^(A)at the proper time manifested in his word^[a] ^(B)through the preaching ^(C)with which I have been entrusted ^(D)by the command of God our Savior;

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Titus 1:3 Or manifested his word

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Acts 14:3

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³So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for ^(A)the Lord, who bore witness to ^(B)the word of his grace, ^(C)granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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Galatians 1:1

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Greeting

1 Paul, an ^(A)apostle—^(B)not from men nor through man, but ^(C)through Jesus Christ and God the Father, ^(D)who raised him from the dead—

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2 Corinthians 5:8

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⁸Yes, we are of good courage, and we ^(A)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 9:24-27

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²⁴Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^(A)the prize? So ^(B)run that you may obtain it. ²⁵Every ^(C)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(D)an imperishable. ²⁶So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(E)do not box as one ^(F)beating the air. ²⁷But I discipline my body and ^(G)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(H)I myself should be ^(I)disqualified.

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1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave

Acts 20:32

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³²And now ^(A)I commend you to God and to ^(B)the word of his grace, which is able to ^(C)build you up and to give you ^(D)the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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Acts 11:23

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²³When he came and saw ^(A)the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord ^(B)with steadfast purpose,

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2 Timothy 1:12

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¹²^(A)which is why I suffer as I do. But ^(B)I am not ashamed, for ^(C)I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until ^(D)that day ^(E)what has been entrusted to me.^[a]

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2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit

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Philippians 2:17

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¹⁷Even if I am to be ^(A)poured out as a drink offering upon ^(B)the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

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2 Corinthians 6:4-10

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⁴but ^(A)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(B)by great endurance, ^(C)in afflictions, ^(D)hardships, calamities, ⁵^(E)beatings, imprisonments, ^(F)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶^(G)by purity, ^(H)knowledge, patience, kindness, ^(I)the Holy Spirit, ^(J)genuine love; ⁷by ^(K)truthful speech, and ^(L)the power of God; with ^(M)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸through honor and dishonor, ^(N)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹as unknown, and ^(O)yet well known; ^(P)as dying, and behold, we live; ^(Q)as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰^(R)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^(S)as poor, yet making many rich; ^(T)as having nothing, ^(U)yet possessing everything.