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

"Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

Then I said 'What am I to do, Lord?' 'Get up and go into Damascus,' The Lord said to me, 'and there you shall be told all that you have been appointed to do.'

To make

But the Lord said to him: "Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my Name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.

Among the members of the Church at Antioch there were several Prophets and Teachers--Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of 'Black', Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.

Then he said 'The God of our ancestors has appointed you to learn his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from his lips;

A minister

For he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours."

While we, for our part, will devote ourselves to Prayer, and to the delivery of the Message."

But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus--which was to declare the Good News of the Love of God.

After greeting them, Paul related in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his efforts;

Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.

Because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles--that I should act as a priest of God's Good News, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--

It is just what you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow- servant, who, as a minister of the Christ, faithfully represents us,

And sent Timothy, our Brother and God's minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,

I am thankful to Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has been my strength, for showing that he thought me worthy of trust by appointing me to his ministry,

Put all this before the Brethren, and you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the Faith and of that Good Teaching by which you have guided your life.

But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a Missionary; discharge all the duties of your Office.

In the

One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: "Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

After my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying one day in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: "Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also."

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said--

I must boast! It is unprofitable; but I will pass to visions and revelations given by the Lord.

I, at least, did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through a revelation made by Jesus Christ.

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went; and I laid before the Apostles the Good News that I am proclaiming among the Gentiles. I did this privately before those who are thought highly of, for fear that I might possibly be taking, or might have already taken, a course which would prove useless.