Acts 20:24

None of these things move me; they cannot deter me from my duty. Neither count I my life before dear unto myself; I am so far from fearing bonds, that I would not fear death itself. He is said to account his life precious, or dear, that spares it; as 2 Kings 1:13,14. My course; his general course of Christianity, or the special course of his ministry; in either of which there is a race to be run, and a prize to be got, 2 Timothy 4:7. It implies the great and constant labour that all Christians must take in their general calling, and especially ministers in their particular calling, 1 Corinthians 9:24. With joy; which ariseth from the testimony of a good conscience, which only is true joy; the other is madness, Ecclesiastes 2:2. The ministry; his apostleship, so called, Acts 1:25, Acts 6:4. The gospel of the grace of God; so the gospel is called, because bestowed upon any nation or people by God's mere grace only. And also it declares the grace of God in Christ Jesus to repenting and believing sinners.