Acts 26:16

Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa

¹⁵ And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. ¹⁶ But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness to the things which you have seen of me, and also to the things in which I will appear to you; ¹⁷ rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

Acts 1:17

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place."

Acts 6:4

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

Acts 9:6-9

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."

Acts 9:15-16

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 sons of Israel;

Acts 13:1-4

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 18:9-10

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

Acts 20:24

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

Acts 21:19

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

Acts 22:10

And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

Acts 22:17-21

"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

Acts 23:11

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome."

Acts 27:23-24

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

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Romans 15:16

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 might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

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

Galatians 1:12

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

Galatians 2:2

I went up because of a revelation; and I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who were of reputation, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.

Ephesians 3:7-8

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.

Colossians 1:7

as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

Colossians 1:25

Of this church I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

1 Timothy 1:12

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

1 Timothy 4:6

If you point out these things to the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

2 Timothy 4:5

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.