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 art persecuting. ¹⁶  But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee; ¹⁷ delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee to know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice from His mouth;

Acts 1:17

because he was numbered among us and received the lot of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.

Acts 6:4

and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

Acts 9:6-9

But stand up, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.

Acts 9:15-16

And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

Acts 13:1-4

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas, and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manahem, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 18:9-10

And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent:

Acts 20:24

But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 22:10

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rising up, go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which have been ordained for thee to do.

Acts 22:17-21

And it happened unto me, having returned into Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I was in an ecstasy;

Acts 23:11

And on the following night, the Lord standing over him, said, Take courage: for as thou hast testified to the things concerning me in Jerusalem, so it behooveth thee also to testify to me in Rome.

Acts 27:23-24

For the angel of God, whose I am, and whom indeed I serve, stood by me this night,

Romans 1:5

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be well received, having been sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 5:18

All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

It behooves me to glory, indeed it is not profitable, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:12

for I did not receive it from man, neither was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

but I went up according to revelation; and I presented to them the gospel which I am preaching among the Gentiles, but privately to the prominent ones, lest perhaps I am running, or did run, in vain.

Colossians 1:7

as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

Colossians 1:23

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

Colossians 1:25

whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and we sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you, and exhort you concerning your faith;

1 Timothy 1:12

I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;

1 Timothy 4:6

Submitting these things to the brethren, you will be a beautiful minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of faith, and the beautiful teaching which you have followed;

2 Timothy 4:5

But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.