Acts 14:22 Meaning and Explanation
“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
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Read Full Chapter →They strengthen the souls of the disciples and urge them to continue in the faith, teaching that the way into the kingdom of God passes through many tribulations.
What Does Acts 14:22 Mean?
In each revisited city the work is the same: confirming souls — steadying new believers who had watched Paul stoned outside their own walls. The encouragement is striking for its honesty. No ease is promised; a road is marked out, and it runs through much tribulation into the kingdom.
Tribulation, in this teaching, is not the detour but the route. Jesus had said the same: 'In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world' (John 16:33). Souls are strengthened not by hiding the cost but by naming it beside the destination. Hardship loses its power to surprise once it is drawn on the map — and at the end of the road stands the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:22 in the Original Language
thlipsis (θλῖψις), 'tribulation' -- pressure, the crushing weight of affliction.
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What does Acts 14:22 mean?
They strengthen the souls of the disciples and urge them to continue in the faith, teaching that the way into the kingdom of God passes through many tribulations.