2 Timothy 3:11

Timothy knows the persecutions Paul endured at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, from all of which the Lord rescued him. Faithful ministry brings suffering, but the Lord delivers his servants.

Cross-references · 38

• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• 2 Cor 11:23–28Are 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.
• Acts 14:5–6But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
• Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
• 2 Pet 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Acts 13:50–51The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
• Acts 14:19–21Then 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 14:1–2At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
• Isa 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
• Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
• Acts 9:23–25After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
• Ps 91:2–6I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• 2 Cor 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
• Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
• 2 Cor 4:8–11We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
• 2 Sam 22:49who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
• Acts 23:10The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
• Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
• Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
• Ps 37:40The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
• Acts 21:32–33Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
• Isa 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
• 1 Cor 4:9–11For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
• Acts 23:12–24When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Job 5:19–20He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
• 2 Tim 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
• Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
• Ps 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• Acts 25:3–4to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Acts 20:23–24I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
• Dan 6:27He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
• Heb 10:33–34Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
• Rom 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• 2 Sam 22:1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
• Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
• Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

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