Bible Cross References
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Philippians 4:1
So then, my friends, how dear you are to me and how I miss you! How happy you make me, and how proud I am of you!---this, dear friends, is how you should stand firm in your life in the Lord.
Colossians 4:7
Our dear friend Tychicus, who is a faithful worker and fellow servant in the Lord's work, will give you all the news about me.
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Acts 4:23-31
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As soon as Peter and John were set free, they returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said.
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When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: "Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them!
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By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said, 'Why were the Gentiles furious; why did people make their useless plots?
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The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.'
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For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.
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They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.
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And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.
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Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
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When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness.
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
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Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all help comes!
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He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God.
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Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help.
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If we suffer, it is for your help and salvation; if we are helped, then you too are helped and given the strength to endure with patience the same sufferings that we also endure.
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So our hope in you is never shaken; we know that just as you share in our sufferings, you also share in the help we receive.
Ephesians 3:13
I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit.
Ephesians 6:19
And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret.
Ephesians 6:20
For the sake of this gospel I am an ambassador, though now I am in prison. Pray that I may be bold in speaking about the gospel as I should.
Colossians 4:4
Pray, then, that I may speak, as I should, in such a way as to make it clear.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News that comes from him.
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Luke 1:74
Luke 12:5-7
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I will show you whom to fear: fear God, who, after killing, has the authority to throw into hell. Believe me, he is the one you must fear!
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"Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God.
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Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!