Acts 20:18 Cross References - Worrell

¹⁸ And, when they came to him, he said to them, "Ye yourselves know from the first day on which I came into Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time;

¹⁹ And they came down to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself, entering into the synagogue, reasoned with the Jews.

¹ And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;

¹⁰ And this continued for two years; so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

³ giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry be not blamed; ⁴ but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, ⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings; ⁶ in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, ⁷ in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ⁸ through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; ⁹ as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; ¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things. ¹¹ Our mouth has been open to you, O Corinthians! our heart has been enlarged!

⁵ because our Gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we became toward you, for your sake. ⁶ And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit;

¹ For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it has not become vain; ² but, having suffered before, and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, in Philippi, we grew bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict. ³ For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile; ⁴ but even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, Who proveth our hearts. ⁵ For neither, at any time, did we use a word of flattery, as ye know, nor a semblance of covetousness, God is witness; ⁶ nor seeking glory of men, neither from you, nor from others; though able to be in authority, as apostles of Christ. ⁷ But we became gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children: ⁸ so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not only the Gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us. ⁹ For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the Gospel of God. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and unblamably we behaved toward you who believe;

⁷ For ye yourselves know that ye should imitate us; because we were not disorderly among you; ⁸ nor did we eat any one's bread, gratuitously: but, in labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you; ⁹ not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us. ¹⁰ But you did closely follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience,