And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
-- 1 Peter 5:4


For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
-- Habakkuk 2:14

Paul (Chain #2697)

Characteristics

*Acts 7:58 First Chain Verse In Bible 

Joyful
Acts 16:25 (NIV)

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 

Joyful
Acts 16:25 (KJV)
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 

Satisfied
2 Corinthians 6:10 (NIV)

10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. 

Satisfied
2 Corinthians 6:10 (KJV)

10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 

Confident In God To Work In Others
2 Corinthians 7:4 (NIV)

4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds. 

Confident In God To Work In Others
2 Corinthians 7:4 (KJV)
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 

Encourager
Philippians 4:4 (NIV)

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 

Encourager
Philippians 4:4 (KJV)

4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 

Courageous
Acts 16:36-37 (NIV)

36 The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."  37 But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out." 

Courageous
Acts 16:36-37 (KJV)
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.  37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. 

Prudent
Acts 22:25 (NIV)

25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't even been found guilty?" 

Prudent
Acts 22:25 (KJV)
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 

Bold
Acts 24:25 (NIV)

25 As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, "That's enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you." 

Bold
Acts 24:25 (KJV)
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 

Steadfast
Acts 20:24 (NIV)

24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace. 

Steadfast
Acts 20:24 (KJV)
24 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. 

Earnest
Acts 20:31 (NIV)

31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. 

Earnest
Acts 20:31 (KJV)
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 

Self-Sacrificing
Romans 9:3 (NIV)

3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, 

Self-Sacrificing
Romans 9:3 (KJV)
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 

Broken-Hearted
Philippians 3:18 (NIV)

18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 

Broken-Hearted
Philippians 3:18 (KJV)
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 


Industrious
Acts 20:34 (NIV)

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 

Industrious
Acts 20:34 (KJV)
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 

Considerate
1 Thessalonians 2:9 (NIV)

9 Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. 

Considerate
1 Thessalonians 2:9 (KJV)
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 

Totally Consecrated
Acts 21:13 (NIV)

13 Then Paul answered, "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." 

Totally Consecrated
Acts 21:13 (KJV)
13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 

Determined To Finish Well
Philippians 3:12-14 (NIV)

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 

Determined To Finish Well
Philippians 3:12-14 (KJV)
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.  13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

Tactful
1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV)
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 

Tactful
1 Corinthians 9:19 (KJV)
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 

Afflicted
2 Corinthians 11:24-27 (NIV)

24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.  25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers.  27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 

Afflicted
2 Corinthians 11:24-27 (KJV)
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.   25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;  26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 

Faithful To the End
2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 

Faithful To the End
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 

Enduring
2 Timothy 2:10 (NIV)

10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 

Enduring
2 Timothy 2:10 (KJV)
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 

Patient
2 Corinthians 12:12 (NIV)

12 The things that mark an apostle--signs, wonders and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance. 

Patient
2 Corinthians 12:12 (KJV)
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 

Loving
1 Corinthians 16:24 (NIV)

24 My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Loving
1 Corinthians 16:24 (KJV)
24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Transparent
2 Corinthians 2:4 (NIV)

4 For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. 

Transparent
2 Corinthians 2:4 (KJV)
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.