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Acts 20:23

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

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ASV

save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

KJV

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

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Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.Acts 21:4We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.Acts 21:33The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.Acts 21:11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”Philippians 1:7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.Acts 8:29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”Ezekiel 3:25And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.2 Corinthians 11:23Are 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.Luke 16:28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

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