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 persecute. ¹⁶  But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and witness both of what you have seen and [of visions ] in which I will appear to you, ¹⁷ delivering you from the people, and the gentiles, to whom I send you

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service.

Acts 1:25

to take the place of this service and apostleship from which Judas fell by transgression to go to his place.

Acts 6:4

but we will attend continually to prayer, and the ministry of the word.

Acts 9:6-9

But arise and enter into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

Acts 9:15-16

But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;

Acts 13:1-4

And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 18:9-10

And the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, Fear not, but speak and be not silent,

Acts 20:24

But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:19

And having saluted them, he related particularly what God had done among the gentiles by his ministry;

Acts 22:10

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

Acts 22:17-21

And when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I was in a trance,

Acts 23:11

And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good courage, for as you have testified of me at Jerusalem, so you must also testify at Rome.

Acts 27:23-24

For an angel of the God whose I am, and whom I serve, came to me this night

Romans 15:16

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the nations, administering as a priest the gospel of God, that the offering of the nations may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:18

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the ministry of the reconciliation,

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

It is not expedient therefore for me to boast [of these things]; for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:12

for I neither received it from man nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

and I went up by a revelation, and proposed to them the gospel which I preach to the gentiles, but privately to persons of distinction, lest I should run or had run in vain.

Ephesians 3:7-8

of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power.

Colossians 1:7

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 founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Colossians 1:25

of which I was made a minister according to the dispensation of God given me for you, to complete the word of God,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's co-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you in behalf of your faith,

1 Timothy 1:12

And I thank our Lord Jesus Christ who has empowered me [to preach,] that he accounted me faithful, putting me in the ministry,

1 Timothy 4:6

Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed;

2 Timothy 4:5

But do you be sober in all things, endure evil, do the work of an evangelist, perform fully your ministry.