Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,

in which I endure hardship unto chains as an evildoer; but the word of God is not chained.

You however have carefully followed my doctrine, lifestyle, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, and all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For I will show him all the things that he must suffer for My name's sake."

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

But the Jews incited the devout and prominent women and the leading [men] of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out from their borders.

And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,

they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding region.

Now when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, were stirring up all the crowd and put their hands on him,

For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

And seeking to kill him, a report went up to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem had been stirred up,

"Then He said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

And as they were crying out and throwing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air,

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles--

how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery, just as I wrote before briefly,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

of which I became a minister according to the free gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up [the measure of] their sins; but the wrath [of God] has come upon them to the uttermost.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,

O my God, I have trusted in You; let me not be confounded, neither let my enemies laugh me to scorn.

but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,

Fear not, because you have been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you were reproached; for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus."

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

and endurance, character; and character, hope.

And hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Just as it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, and everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame."

according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be ashamed, but with utmost boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

looking unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured [the] cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

but if anyone [suffers] as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.

And let them that know Your name hope in You- for You, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek You.

My enemies shall be turned back, in the day that I shall call upon You; behold, I know that You are my God.

More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

[so as] to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in Him, and not be afraid; for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and has become my salvation.

The Lord is good to them that wait on Him in the day of affliction; and He knows them that reverence Him.

And in His name [the] nations shall hope."

And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be the root of Jesse; and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope."

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in Christ;

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

having been foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, He was made manifest in these last times for you,

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

I and the Father are one."

who will transform our lowly body, that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.

For in that which He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those coming to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me should draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

And I am no longer in the world, yet these are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those which You have given Me, that they may be one just as We [are].

When I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. [Those] whom You have given Me I guarded; and not one of them is lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

I do not ask that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil [one].

O Timothy! Guard that which was committed to your trust, turning away from the profane and empty babblings and opposing views of what is falsely called "knowledge,"

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make you stand before His glory, blameless with exultation,

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, 'into Your hands I will commit My spirit.' " And after He said these things, He expired.

And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day--and you very well know how many ways he served in Ephesus.

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name we cast out demons, and in Your name we did many mighty works?'

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.

I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.