confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,Acts 14:22 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleConfirming the souls of the disciples - The word disciple signifies literally a scholar. The Church of Christ was a school, in which Christ himself was chief Master; and his apostles subordinate teachers. All the converts were disciples or scholars, who came to this school to be instructed in the knowledge of themselves and of their God: of their duty to Him, to the Church, to society, and to themselves. After having been initiated in the principles of the heavenly doctrine, they needed line upon line, and precept upon precept, in order that they might be confirmed and established in the truth. Though it was a great and important thing to have their heads, their understanding, properly informed, yet, if the heart was not disciplined, information in the understanding would be of little avail; therefore they confirmed the Souls of the disciples. As there must be some particular standard of truth, to which they might continually resort, that their faith might stand in the power of God, it was necessary that they should have such a system of doctrine as they knew came from God. These doctrines were those which contained all the essential principles of Christianity, and this was called The Faith; and, as they must have sound principles, in order that they might have righteous practices, so it was necessary that they should continue in that faith, that it might produce that obedience, without which even faith itself, however excellent, must be useless and dead.
Again, as the spirit of the world would be ever opposed to the spirit of Christ, so they must make up their minds to expect persecution and tribulation in various forms, and therefore had need of confirmed souls and strong faith, that, when trials came, they might meet them with becoming fortitude, and stand unmoved in the cloudy and dark day. And as the mind must faint under trouble that sees no prospect of its termination, and no conviction of its use, it was necessary that they should keep in view the kingdom of God, of which they were subjects, and to which, through their adoption into the heavenly family, they had a Divine right. Hence, from the apostles teaching, they not only learned that they should meet with tribulation, much tribulation, but, for their encouragement, they were also informed that these were the very means which God would use to bring them into his own kingdom; so that, if they had tribulation in the way, they had a heaven of eternal glory as the end to which they were continually to direct their views.
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Confirming.
Acts 15:32,41 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brothers with many words, and confirmed them...
Acts 18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order...
Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
1 Corinthians 1:8 Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4,13 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you...
1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect...
exhorting.
Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all...
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them...
John 8:31,32 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed...
John 15:4-6,9,10 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you...
Colossians 1:23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard...
Jude 1:3,20,21 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you...
we.
Matthew 10:21,22,38 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents...
Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 22:28,29 You are they which have continued with me in my temptations...
Luke 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
John 12:25,26 He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal...
John 16:1,2,33 These things have I spoken to you, that you should not be offended...
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him...
1 Thessalonians 3:4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know.
2 Timothy 1:8 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner...
2 Timothy 2:11,12 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him...
2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
1 Peter 4:12-16 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you...
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried...
Revelation 7:14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes...
enter.
Matthew 19:24 And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle...
Mark 9:47 And if your eye offend you, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye...
Mark 10:24,25 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers again, and said to them, Children...
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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