He said to me, ‘Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.’
Acts 26:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But arise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, that I might appoint you to serve as [My] minister and to bear witness both to what you have seen of Me and to that in which I will appear to you, American Standard Version (1901) But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; Common English Bible Get up! Stand on your feet! I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as my servant and witness of what you have seen and what I will show you. Catholic Public Domain Version But rise up and stand on your feet. For I appeared to you for this reason: so that I may establish you as a minister and a witness concerning the things that you have seen, and concerning the things that I will show to you: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee, |
He said to me, ‘Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.’
He said to me, ‘Daniel, you are a man treasured by God. , Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.’ After he said this to me, I stood trembling.
just as the original eye-witnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.’
But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
‘I said, “What should I do, Lord? ” ‘The Lord told me, “Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that you have been assigned to do.”
The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, ‘Have courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary for you to testify in Rome.’
‘I asked, “Who are you, Lord? ” ‘And the Lord replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.’
Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the Gentiles, ,
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but did so privately to those recognised as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain.
The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.
if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.
I have become its servant, according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s co-worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,
I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry #– #
If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.