Philippians 4 15-17
15 - Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as regards giving and receiving, except you alone.
16 - For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my necessity.
17 - I do not say this because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Acts 20 18-24
18 - And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know how I was with you at all times, from the first day I arrived in Asia,
19 - serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and many tears and temptations happening to me through the plots of the Jews;
20 - and how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but have shown you and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
21 - testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 - And now, behold, I am going bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall happen to me there,
23 - except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
24 - But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.
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