1 Corinthians 9:16

¹⁴I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

⁹If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.

¹⁷Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

⁶²But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

²⁰for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

¹⁶But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you; ¹⁷delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, ¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

¹⁹“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, ²⁰but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

⁸The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

^6[+] But^[+] rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”

¹⁷I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.