Acts 26:16

Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa

¹⁵ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. ¹⁶ But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; ¹⁷ delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

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

Ezekiel 2:1

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

Daniel 10:11

And he said unto me, O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Acts 1:17

For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 6:4

But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

Acts 9:6-9

but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 9:15-16

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts 13:1-4

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there , prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 18:9-10

And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

Acts 20:24

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:19

And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Acts 22:10

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

Acts 22:17-21

And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

Acts 23:11

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Acts 27:23-24

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

Romans 1:5

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

Romans 15:16

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

2 Corinthians 5:18

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:12

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

Ephesians 3:7-8

whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

Colossians 1:7

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

Colossians 1:23

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

Colossians 1:25

whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his'service;

1 Timothy 4:6

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now :

2 Timothy 4:5

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.