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

And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

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

To make

But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

And in Antioch some among the existing church were prophets and teachers. (such as Barnabas, and Simeon who 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 has chosen you to know His will and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth.

A minister

For he was numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry.

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

And having greeted them, he related one by one what things God had done among the nations by his ministry.

by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.

even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

And we sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who strengthened me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry--

Having suggested these things to the brothers, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the Words of Faith and by the good doctrine which you have followed.

But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.

In the

And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.

And it happened to me, I returning to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, I became in an ecstasy.

And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.

For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve,

Indeed, it is not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it except by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

And I went up by revelation. And I put before them the gospel which I proclaim in the nations, but privately to those seeming to be pillars, lest I run, or I ran, into vanity.

General references

A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.