Acts 26:16

Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa

¹⁵ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. ¹⁶  But rise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou hast seen, and of those for which I shall hereafter appear unto thee: ¹⁷ delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee,

Bear Witness

For This Purpose

Jesus

Acts 22:14-15

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

Acts 1:17

for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.

Acts 1:25

to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 6:4

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

Acts 9:6-9

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go 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 the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts 13:1-4

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;

Acts 18:9-10

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

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:19

And when he had saluted them, he gave a particular narrative of the things which God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

Acts 22:10

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

Acts 22:17-21

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

Acts 23:11

And the following night, the Lord standing by him said, Paul, be of good courage; for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou also bear testimony at Rome.

Acts 27:23-24

for there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying,

Romans 1:5

by whom we have received grace and apostleship to preach the obedience of faith for his name's sake, to all nations;

Romans 15:16

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, administring the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore having received this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we are not disheartened:

2 Corinthians 5:18

But all these things are from God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and made us ministers of the reconciliation;

2 Corinthians 12:1-7

To boast indeed does not become me: but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:12

For I neither received it, nor was taught it by man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

But I went up according to a divine revelation, and laid before them the gospel which I preach among the gentiles: though privately to those of note, least I should run, or had run in vain.

Ephesians 3:7-8

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God conferred on me by the effectual operation of his power.

Colossians 1:7

As ye also learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

Colossians 1:23

if so be ye continue grounded and settled in the faith, and be not moved from the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached throughout the whole creation, of which I Paul am a minister.

Colossians 1:25

Of which I was made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I might fully declare the word of God:

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you concerning your faith;

1 Timothy 1:12

And I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who gave me ability for the work, that He accounted me faithful, having put me into the ministry,

1 Timothy 4:6

If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, as one brought up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.

2 Timothy 4:5

But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, give full proof of thy ministry.