That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

Witnesses

And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge ??saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

To this you must bear testimony.

and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

For many days he was seen by those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; they are now his witnesses to the People.

They shall

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

A thousand

but omit the court outside the temple, do not measure that, for it has been given over to the Gentiles; and the city will be under their heel for two and forty months.

and she herself fled to the desert, where a place has been prepared for her by God, in which she is to be nourished for twelve hundred and sixty days.

Clothed

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's Realm.

General references

when I say that I am in sore pain. I suffer endless anguish of heart.