“Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad—for great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”

Matthew 5:11-12

“But none of these things move me; neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy and the Ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God.”

Acts 20:24

“And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there—save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But, none of these things move me; neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God.”

Acts 20:22-24

“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and continued his speech until midnight . . . When he, therefore, was come up again and had broken bread and eaten and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.”

Acts 20:7, 11

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God—and the prisoners heard them.”

Acts 16:25