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

trembling also, and astonished, he said, 'Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord said unto him, 'Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

To make

And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also -- Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother -- and Saul;

and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

A minister

because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,

and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,

through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

And the all things are of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

and did send Timotheus -- our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ -- to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put me to the ministration,

These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

In the

And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

'And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, 'Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

General references

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.