Acts 18:9

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ^aa vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

Acts 18:10

10 for I am with you, and no man will lay a hand on you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

Acts 22:17-21

17 “Now it happened when I ^areturned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I ^bfell into a trance, 18 and I saw Him saying to me, ‘^aHurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’ 19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another ^aI used to imprison and ^bbeat those who believed in You. 20 And ^awhen the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and guarding the garments of those who were slaying him.’ 21 And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away ^ato the Gentiles.’”

Acts 23:11

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11 But on ^athat very night, the Lord stood at his side and said, “^bTake courage; for ^cas you have ^dsolemnly borne witness to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness at Rome also.”

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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A Vision of Paradise

^aIt is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable, but I will go on to visions and ^brevelations ¹of the Lord. 2 I know a man ^ain Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, ^bGod knows—such a man was ^ccaught up to the ^dthird heaven. 3 And I know how such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, ^aGod knows— 4 was ^acaught up into ^bParadise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. 5 ^aOn behalf of such a man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in ^bweaknesses. 6 For if I do wish to boast I will not be ^afoolish, ^bfor I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will consider me beyond what he sees in me or hears from me.

A Thorn in the Flesh

7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the ^arevelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a ^bthorn in the flesh, a ^cmessenger of Satan to ¹torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord ^athree times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for ^apower is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather ^bboast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore ^aI am well content with weaknesses, with ¹insults, with ^bdistresses, with ^cpersecutions and ^bhardships, ^dfor the sake of Christ, for ^ewhen I am weak, then I am strong.