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

Bible References

Rise

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

To make

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

A minister

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

After he had greeted them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power.

as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service.

If you point out these things to the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

In the

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome."

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

I must go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

I went up because of a revelation; and I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who were of reputation, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.