...of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself; I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xx. 24. and xxi. 13. " Be strong, and of a good courage," said the Deity to Joshua, " be not afraid,...

...Except where flight would not be' conducive to the glory of God. Hence Paul declares, Acts xxi. 13. 'I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die.' There are appropriate consolations for the persecuted. Mutt. x. 32. ' whosoever shall confess me before...

...weep for them. You must learn to live for them, and if needs be, to die — in the spirit of Paul, " I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die — for the name of the Lord Jesus." Acts xxi. 13. To love souls thus supremely, and to keep alive...

...of patience easy and ready to you, as there is occasion ; to be able to say with Paul, Acts xxi. 13. "I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die for the name of the Lord Jesus." Be careful that the exercises of it be lasting ; that it be a fixed...

.... Except where flight would not be conducive to the glory of God. Hence Paul declares Acts xxi. 13. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die. There are appropriate consolations for the persecuted. Matt. x. 32. whosoever shall confess me before...

...of patience easy and ready to you, as there is occasion ; to be able to say with Paul, Acts xxi. 13. "I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die for the name of the Lord Jesus." Be careful that the exercises of it be lasting ; that it be a fixed...

...was counted worthy to softer for the sake of the Lord Jesus. " What mean ye," says he elsewhere, " what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart, for...die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." Divine grace so supported him, that though he was troubled on every side, he was not distressed ; though...

...Although he could protest that he did not hold his life as dear to himself (Acts 20 : 24) and that he was "ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus" (Acts 21:13) and, therefore, would not compromise the gospel to save his life (cf. Matt. 16:25; John...

...fear of death, because he had already chosen to die for the truth, as he attested when he said: 'for 1 am ready, not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name the lord Jesus'.29 There are many other authorities, which 1 omit for the sake of brevity, and 1 prove...

...prison. Here you can think of your soul. Paul the Aposde said: 'What mean you to weep and break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also die for the name of the Lord Jesus' " (p. 198). In this climactic moment Shukhov realizes that what...