a[ch. 14:4; 17:4, 5; 19:9; 23:7]
bch. 8:16; [ch. 9:15]; See Rom. 6:17
cCol. 2:15 (Gk.)
dEph. 5:2; Phil. 4:18; [Song 1:3]
eSee 1 Cor. 1:18
fch. 4:3
g[Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1 Pet. 2:7, 8]
h[Luke 2:34; John 9:39; 1 Pet. 2:7, 8]
ich. 3:5, 6
kver. 25; 1 Tim. 4:15
m[Acts 28:30, 31; 2 Tim. 2:9]
n[Luke 21:13]; See ver. 7
o[Acts 4:31]
qSee 2 Cor. 11:13
r[1 Cor. 9:17]
sver. 7
tch. 2:3; See James 3:14
uch. 1:8, 12
vSee Phil. 1:7
w[ch. 4:17]; See Phil. 1:13
xEph. 3:13; Col. 1:24; [1 Cor. 13:7]
y2 Cor. 1:6
z1 Pet. 5:10

Acts 28:24

24And asome were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved.

2 Corinthians 2:14-17

14But bthanks be to God, who in Christ always cleads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads dthe fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among ethose who are being saved and among fthose who are perishing, 16 gto one a fragrance from death to death, hto the other a fragrance from life to life. iWho is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

Philippians 1:12-18

The Advance of the Gospel

12I want you to know, brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verse 14
 that what has happened to me has really kserved to advance the gospel, 13so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard ▼
▼Greek in the whole praetorium
 and mto all the rest that nmy imprisonment is for Christ. 14And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold oto speak the word ▼
▼Some manuscripts add of God
 without fear.

15 qSome indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16The latter do it out of love, rknowing that I am put here for sthe defense of the gospel. 17The former proclaim Christ tout of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.

To Live Is Christ

Yes, and I will rejoice,

2 Timothy 2:9-10

9 ufor which I am suffering, vbound with chains as a criminal. But wthe word of God is not bound! 10Therefore xI endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain ythe salvation that is in Christ Jesus with zeternal glory.
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