Matthew 18:6
18:6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
Acts 20:24
20:24 But I do not consider my life
worth anything
to myself, so that
I may finish my task
and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news
of God’s grace.
Philippians 1:20-23
1:20 My confident hope
is that I will in no way be ashamed
but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
1:21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
1:22 Now if I am to go on living in the body,
this will mean productive work
for me, yet I don’t know which I prefer:
1:23 I feel torn between the two,
because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,