Bible Cross References
and entered
Acts 16:14
One of those who heard us was Lydia from Thyatira, who was a dealer in purple cloth. She was a woman who worshiped God, and the Lord opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.
Acts 4:23
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.
Acts 12:12-17
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Aware of his situation, he went to the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
13
Peter knocked at the outside door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer it.
14
She recognized Peter's voice and was so happy that she ran back in without opening the door, and announced that Peter was standing outside.
15
"You are crazy!" they told her. But she insisted that it was true. So they answered, "It is his angel."
16
Meanwhile Peter kept on knocking. At last they opened the door, and when they saw him, they were amazed.
17
He motioned with his hand for them to be quiet, and he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell this to James and the rest of the believers," he said; then he left and went somewhere else.
they comforted
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.
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!
4
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.
5
Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help.
6
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.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
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We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;
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there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.
10
At all times we carry in our mortal bodies the death of Jesus, so that his life also may be seen in our bodies.
11
Throughout our lives we are always in danger of death for Jesus' sake, in order that his life may be seen in this mortal body of ours.
12
This means that death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day.
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And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.
18
For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
while we sent Timothy, our brother who works with us for God in preaching the Good News about Christ. We sent him to strengthen you and help your faith,
1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that none of you should turn back because of these persecutions. You yourselves know that such persecutions are part of God's will for us.