Acts 20:19

In 9 translations

BSB

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through 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:

WEB

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

ASV

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

LSV

serving the LORD with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];

YLT

serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];

DBY

serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

DRC

Serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews;

GNV

Seruing the Lord with all modestie, and with many teares, and tentations, which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

δουλεύων τῷ κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων·

RP2018

δουλεύων τῷ κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων·

TR-Boyd

δουλεύων τῷ Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων καὶ πειρασμῶν τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων·

SCR1894

δουλευων τω κυριω μετα πασης ταπεινοφροσυνης και πολλων δακρυων και πειρασμων των συμβαντων μοι εν ταις επιβουλαις των ιουδαιων

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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.
• 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.
• Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• 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.
• 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. We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not…
• 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 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.
• 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 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. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from…
• 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. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went…
• 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. Five times I received from the Jews…
• 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.
• 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.
• Ephesians 6:7Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,
• James 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• Acts 20:31Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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