being a witness
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16So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
15But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.
15For you shall be his witness to all men about those things which you have seen and heard.
10You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
19Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
1And as for you, my son, be strengthened by the grace which is in Christ Jesus, 2and by the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses. These things encourage faithful men, who shall then be suitable to teach others also. 3Labor like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
20For we are unable to refrain from speaking the things that we have seen and heard.”
25A faithful witness frees souls. And the chameleon utters lies.
42And he instructed us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the One who was appointed by God to be the judge of the living and of the dead.