Daily Verse Daily Verse by Faithlife | Acts 14:22

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[Lori Jane]

14:21–22 After evangelizing Derbe (v. 20), Paul and Barnabas began their return journey to their home base of Antioch of Syria, stopping by each of the towns they had visited along the way (Lystra … Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia). Their purpose was to strengthen the hearts of the disciples and be sure that they understood that many hardships come to those who seek the kingdom of God. Paul himself bore witness to this truth (2Co 11:23–27). Most of the churches Paul and Barnabas founded on this first missionary journey were in the Roman province of Galatia. These were probably the churches to which Paul addressed his letter to the Galatians.


Sills, M. D. (2017). Opportunities and Challenges in Global Missions. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (p. 1744). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

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The worrying thing, of course, is this: when Paul and Barnabas laid hands on the newly appointed elders, and then left them to it, that didn’t mean they were automatically ‘safe’. Indeed, it probably meant that that was when new times of testing would burst in on them. That is often how it works. But Paul meant what he said in verse 22: it is through much suffering that we shall enter God’s kingdom. And sometimes the suffering comes in the form of terrible, church-dividing controversy.


Wright, T. (2008). Acts for Everyone, Part 2: Chapters 13-28 (p. 36). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

 

[Lori Jane]

Passage Guide | Acts 14:22 › Cross References

	The Lexham English Bible
Matthew 10:38	And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 16:24	Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 10:30	who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke 22:28–29	28 “And you are the ones who have remained with me in my trials, 29 and I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred on me,
Luke 22:48	But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
John 15:18	If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:20	Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
John 16:33	I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.”
Acts 6:7	And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying the faith.
Acts 9:16	For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
Acts 11:23	who, when he arrived and saw the grace of God, rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
Acts 11:26	And when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened to them also that they met together for a whole year with the church and taught a large number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Acts 13:43	And after the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 14:28	And they stayed no little time with the disciples.
Acts 15:32	Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.
Acts 15:41	And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Acts 18:23	And after spending some time there, he departed, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Romans 8:17	and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.
Philippians 1:20	according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.
Colossians 1:23	if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
1 Thessalonians 3:2–3	2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith, 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this,
1 Thessalonians 3:13	so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
2 Thessalonians 1:5	a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,
2 Timothy 2:12	if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
2 Timothy 3:12	And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
1 Peter 2:21	For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps,
1 Peter 5:10	And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Revelation 1:9	I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

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