¹⁶ 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;

¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

¹⁵ For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

¹¹ And he said unto me, O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

¹ And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

¹ I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

² I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

³ And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

⁴ how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁵ On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in `my' weaknesses.

⁶ For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me `to be', or heareth from me.

⁷ And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

¹² For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but `it came to me' through revelation of Jesus Christ.

² And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.

⁷ whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

⁸ Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

⁷ even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

²³ if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

²⁵ whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

² and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort `you' concerning your faith;

¹² I thank him that enabled me, `even' Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to `his' service;

⁶ If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed `until now':

⁵ But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

¹⁸ But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

¹ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

²⁵ to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

⁴ But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

⁶ but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁷ And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

⁸ And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

⁹ And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.

¹⁵ But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

¹⁶ for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

¹ Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was `there', prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

² And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

³ Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

⁴ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

⁹ And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

²⁴ But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

¹⁹ And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.

¹⁰ And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

¹⁸ and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.

¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

²⁰ and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

²¹ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

¹¹ And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

²³ For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

⁵ through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

¹⁷ For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.