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Paul and his companions, Silas and Timothy, had plans to journey to the southwest portion of Asia Minor to preach the gospel but during the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him to go to Macedonia to help them. After seeing the vision, Paul and his companions left for Macedonia to preach the gospel to them. [136]
The seafarer describes the desolate hardships of life on the wintry sea. [3] He describes the anxious feelings, cold-wetness, and solitude of the sea voyage in contrast to life on land where men are surrounded by kinsmen, free from dangers, and full on food and wine.
Thorn in the flesh is a phrase of New Testament origin used to describe an annoyance, or trouble in one's life, drawn from Paul the Apostle's use of the phrase in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:7–9: [1]
The letter to the Romans, in part, prepares them and gives reasons for his visit. [27] In addition to Paul's geographic location, his religious views are important. First, Paul was a Hellenistic Jew with a Pharisaic background (see Gamaliel), integral to his identity (see Paul the Apostle and Judaism). His concern for his people is one part of ...
17:1-15: Paul and others are chased out of successive towns by Jews. 18:12-17: Paul is made to appear before the Roman proconsul Gallop in Achaia, who dismisses the case as an internal dispute. 19:23-41: Worshippers of Artemis in Ephesus riot against Paul and his companions, but they are not harmed.
Jake Paul described Mike Tyson in three words after the YouTube star beat the boxing legend. Paul battled past 58-year-old Tyson to clinch a points victory in one of the most controversial fights ...
The 99-year-old investing legend has spoken. 'Things were way tougher': Charlie Munger's blunt message to whiners worried about 'hardship' — plus 3 stocks Warren Buffett's right-hand man uses to ...
In Philippians 2:25 [1] and Philemon 1:2, [2] Paul describes fellow Christians as "fellow soldiers" (in Greek, συστρατιώτῃ, sustratiōtē). [3] The image of a soldier is also used in 2 Timothy 2:3–4 [4] as a metaphor for courage, loyalty and dedication; [5] this is followed by the metaphor of an athlete, emphasising hard work.