Acts 26:16

Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa

¹⁵ And I said, Who are you, lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. ¹⁶ But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you; ¹⁷ delivering you from the people and the nations, to whom I now send you

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth.

Ezekiel 2:1

And He said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.

Daniel 10:11

And he said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright. For to you I am now sent. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.

Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to take the share of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell, to go to his own place.

Acts 6:4

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.

Acts 9:6-9

And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

Acts 9:15-16

But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.

Acts 13:1-4

And in Antioch some among the existing church were prophets and teachers. (such as Barnabas, and Simeon who 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 spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:19

And having greeted them, he related one by one what things God had done among the nations by his ministry.

Acts 22:10

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

Acts 22:17-21

And it happened to me, I returning to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, I became in an ecstasy.

Acts 23:11

And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.

Acts 27:23-24

For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve,

Romans 1:5

by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, ministering the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:18

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

Indeed, it is not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:12

For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it except by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

And I went up by revelation. And I put before them the gospel which I proclaim in the nations, but privately to those seeming to be pillars, lest I run, or I ran, into vanity.

Ephesians 3:7-8

Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power.

Colossians 1:7

even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister,

Colossians 1:25

of which I became a minister, according to the administration of God given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God;

1 Thessalonians 3:2

And we sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who strengthened me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry--

1 Timothy 4:6

Having suggested these things to the brothers, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the Words of Faith and by the good doctrine which you have followed.

2 Timothy 4:5

But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.