Finishing Well
10 passages
- Acts 20:24
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
Read it in context - Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Read it in context - Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Read it in context - 2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Read it in context - Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Read it in context - Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
Read it in context - James 1:3
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Read it in context - Luke 14:28–30
28Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? 29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
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