h2 Cor. 5:14 (Gk.)
aeSee Matt. 6:10
Isaiah 50:5-9
5 aThe Lord God has opened my ear,band I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.
6 cI gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.
7 But the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
dtherefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
8 eHe who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
9 fBehold, the Lord God helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
Luke 12:50
50 gI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how hgreat is my distress until it is accomplished!Acts 20:22-24
22And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained iby ▼▼Or bound in
the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23except that kthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that limprisonment and mafflictions await me. 24But nI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only oI may finish my course and pthe ministry qthat I received from the Lord Jesus, rto testify to sthe gospel of tthe grace of God. Acts 21:11-14
11And coming to us, he utook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, v“Thus says the Holy Spirit, w‘This is how the Jews ▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and ydeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” 12When we heard this, we and the people there zurged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul answered, aa“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For abI am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem acfor the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14And since he would not be persuaded, adwe ceased and said, ae“Let the will of the Lord be done.” Philippians 3:14
14I press on toward the goal for afthe prize of the upward agcall of God in Christ Jesus.1 Peter 4:1
Stewards of God’s Grace
1Since therefore ahChrist suffered in the flesh, ▼▼Some manuscripts add for us; some for you
ajarm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for akwhoever has suffered in the flesh alhas ceased from sin,
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