So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place,
Parallel translations
- WEB Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- KJV Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
- BSB But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- NKJV Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come—
- NLT But God has protected me right up to this present time so I can testify to everyone, from the least to the greatest. I teach nothing except what the prophets and Moses said would happen—
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Paul testifies that God's help has sustained him to this day, and that he proclaims nothing beyond what Moses and the prophets foretold.
Overview
Paul attributes his perseverance to divine help, not personal strength, standing to bear witness to all ranks of people. He insists his message is thoroughly grounded in the Old Testament Scriptures. This continuity affirms that the gospel of Christ is not a novelty but the fulfillment of God's long-promised plan, a key theme in defending the faith to a biblically literate audience.
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- John 5:46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
- Acts 24:14But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- Rom 3:21But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
- Luke 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”
- Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- 1 Sam 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
- Ps 66:12You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
- Ps 118:10–13All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
- 2 Cor 1:8–10For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
- Acts 20:20–27how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- Ps 18:47even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
- Matt 17:4–5Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Acts 16:25–26But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 23:10–11When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
- John 3:14–15As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
- Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
- Ps 124:1–3A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
- Acts 21:31–33As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
- Acts 3:21–24whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
- Luke 16:29–31“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
- Acts 28:23When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
- Acts 26:17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
- Ps 124:8Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
- Acts 14:19–20But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- Acts 26:6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- Acts 23:16–22But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
- Ezra 8:31Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.
- 2 Tim 3:11persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
- 2 Tim 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Rev 20:12I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Rev 11:18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
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