Acts 26:16-18

Worldwide English (New Testament)

¹⁶ But get up. Stand on your feet. Here is why I have shown myself to you. I have chosen you to work for me. I have chosen you to tell people what you saw when you saw me today. You are to tell them also about the other times when I will show myself to you.

¹⁷ I will keep you safe from your own people, the Jews. And I will keep you safe from those who are not Jews. I am sending you to them.

¹⁸ I send you to them to open their eyes. Then they will turn from darkness to light. You are to take them out of Satan's power and turn them to God, to be forgiven of their wrong ways. Then they will be among those who are made clean and pure by believing in me." '