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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

Serving {G1398} the Lord {G2962} with {G3326} all {G3956} humility of mind {G5012}, and {G2532} with many {G4183} tears {G1144}, and {G2532} temptations {G3986}, which {G3588} befell {G4819} me {G3427} by {G1722} the lying in wait {G1917} of the Jews {G2453}:

serving the Lord with much humility and with tears, in spite of the tests I had to undergo because of the plots of the unbelieving Jews.

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

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Cross-References

  • Colossians 3:24 (7 votes)

    Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:4 (7 votes)

    For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

  • Romans 12:11 (7 votes)

    Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  • Acts 20:3 (6 votes)

    And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:5 (5 votes)

    ¶ For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.

  • Acts 14:19 (5 votes)

    ¶ And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew [him] out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

  • Acts 14:20 (5 votes)

    Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.