Acts 26:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Rise

Acts 9:6

Acts 22:10

To make

Acts 9:15

Acts 13:1

Acts 22:14

A minister

In the

Galatians 2:2

General references

Proverbs 14:25

Bible References

Rise

but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

To make

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there , prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

A minister

For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his'service;

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now :

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

In the

And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

General references

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.