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Acts 20:19

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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:

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ἐπιβουλαῖςepiboulaisplotsG1917 →
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Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.Ephesians 4:2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,2 Corinthians 2:4For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.2 Corinthians 4:7–11Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.2 Corinthians 12:7–10or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.Acts 14:19–20Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.2 Corinthians 11:23–30Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.James 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,Ephesians 6:7Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

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