Acts 26:16

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Now stand up. I have appeared to you, because I have chosen you to be my servant. You are to tell others what you have learned about me and what I will show you later.”

Cross References

Daniel 10:11

and then said, “Daniel, your God thinks highly of you, and he has sent me. So stand up and pay close attention.” I stood trembling, while the angel said:

Ezekiel 2:1

The Lord said, “Ezekiel, son of man, I want you to stand up and listen.”

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me the strength for my work because he knew he could trust me.

Galatians 1:12

It wasn't given or taught to me by some mere human. My message came directly from Jesus Christ when he appeared to me.

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

Colossians 1:25

God's plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to preach his complete message to you.

Colossians 1:23

But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.

Galatians 2:2

But I went there because God had told me to go, and I explained the good news I had been preaching to the Gentiles. Then I met privately with the ones who seemed to be the most important leaders. I wanted to make sure my work in the past and my future work would not be for nothing.

Acts 23:11

That night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, “Don't worry! Just as you have told others about me in Jerusalem, you must also tell about me in Rome.”

2 Timothy 4:5

But you must stay calm and be willing to suffer. You must work hard, telling the good news and to do your job well.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you teach these things to other followers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus. You will show you have grown up on the teachings about our faith and on the good instructions you have obeyed.

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and send our friend Timothy to you. He works with us as God's servant and preaches the good news about Christ. We wanted him to make you strong in your faith and to encourage you.

Colossians 1:7

from our good friend Epaphras. He works together with us for Christ and is a faithful worker for you.

2 Corinthians 5:18

God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others.

2 Corinthians 4:1

God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. This is why we never give up.

Romans 1:5

Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.

Acts 22:10

I asked, “Lord, what do you want me to do?” Then he told me, “Get up and go to Damascus. When you get there, you will be told what to do.”

Acts 21:19

Paul greeted them and told how God had used him to help the Gentiles.

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God's gift of undeserved grace.

Acts 6:4

We can spend our time praying and serving God by preaching.”

Acts 1:25

to be an apostle and to serve in place of Judas, who got what he deserved.”

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we had been told by the ones who were there in the beginning and saw what happened.

Acts 26:15

“Who are you?” I asked. Then the Lord answered, “I am Jesus! I am the one you are so cruel to.

Ephesians 3:3

In fact, this letter tells you a little about how God has shown me his mysterious ways.