And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there,
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”
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