Acts 22:17
17“Then I returned to Jerusalem. While I was praying in the temple, I fell into a tranceActs 9:26; 2Cor 12:2Acts 22:21
21Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”Acts 9:15; 18:6; 26:17; Rom 1:5; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:15-16; 2:7-8; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Acts 26:17-18
17I will continue to rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you.Acts 22:21 18You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’Isa 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77, 79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2Cor 4:4; 6:14; Eph 1:11, 18; 4:18; 5:8; Col 1:12-13; 1Thes 5:5; Eph 1:11, 18, 1Pet 2:9, 25Romans 16:25
25Final DoxologyNow to the one who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret that was kept in silence in long ages pastRom 2:16; 1Cor 2:7; Eph 1:9; Col 1:26-27; 1Thes 3:13; 2Thes 2:17; 3:3; Jude 1:24Galatians 1:12
12For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ▼▼The Gk. lacks I received it
through a revelation of Jesus Christ.1Cor 15:1, 3; Gal 1:1; Eph 3:3 Ephesians 1:9-10
9when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in Christ ▼▼Lit. him
Rom 16:25; Eph 3:4, 9, 11; Col 1:26; 2Tim 1:9 10to usher in ▼▼Or administer
the fullness of the times and to gather up all things in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth.1Cor 3:22-23; 11:3; Gal 4:4; Eph 2:15; 3:15; Phil 2:9-10; Col 1:20; Heb 1:2; 9:10; 1Pet 1:20 Colossians 1:26-27
26This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,Matt 13:11; Rom 16:25; 1Cor 2:7; Eph 3:9; 2Tim 1:10 27to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the Gentiles—which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.Rom 9:23; 2Cor 2:14; Eph 1:7; 3:8; 1Tim 1:1
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