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 the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is 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 children of Israel.

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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

A minister

For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry."

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

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

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

through whom 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 may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, 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.

just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

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

If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, 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 to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome."

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

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

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

I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

General references

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.