Acts 18:9-10
18:9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision
in the night,
“Do not be afraid,
but speak and do not be silent,
18:10 because I am with you, and no one will assault
you to harm
you, because I have many people in this city.”
Acts 22:17-21
22:17 When
I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
22:18 and saw the Lord
saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
22:19 I replied,
‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues
who believed in you.
22:20 And when the blood of your witness
Stephen was shed,
I myself was standing nearby, approving,
and guarding the cloaks
of those who were killing him.’
22:21 Then
he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 23:11
23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
Acts 27:23-24
27:23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong
and whom I serve
came to me
27:24 and said,
‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before
Caesar,
and God has graciously granted you the safety
of all who are sailing with you.’
Acts 27:2
27:2 We went on board
a ship from Adramyttium
that was about to sail to various ports
along the coast of the province of Asia
and put out to sea,
accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian
from Thessalonica.
Colossians 1:1-7
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2 to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church
1:3 We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
1:4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
1:7 You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave – a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf –
Galatians 1:12
1:12 For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source;
instead I received it
by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.