Acts 9:15
15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the descendants of Israel.Acts 13:2; 22:21; 25:22-23; Rom 1:1, 5; 11:13; 1Cor 15:10; Gal 1:15; 2:7-8; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Acts 13:2
2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work for which I called them.”Num 8:14; Matt 9:38; Acts 9:15; 14:26; 22:21; Rom 1:1; 10:15; Gal 1:15; 2:9; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11; Heb 5:4Acts 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 1:111 Corinthians 1:1
1The Letter of Paul Called First CorinthiansPaul Greets the Church in CorinthFrom ▼▼The Gk. lacks From
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus ▼▼Other mss. read Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and from our brother Sosthenes,Acts 18:17; Rom 1:1; 2Cor 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1 Galatians 1:1
1The Letter of Paul to the GalatiansGreetings from PaulFrom ▼▼The Gk. lacks From
Paul—an apostle not sent ▼▼The Gk. lacks sent
from men or by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the deadActs 2:24; 9:6; 26:16; Gal 1:11-12; Titus 1:3— Galatians 1:15
15But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleasedIsa 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; 13:2; 22:14-15; Rom 1:11 Timothy 1:11
11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.1Cor 9:17; Gal 2:7; Col 1:25; 1Thes 2:4; 1Tim 2:7; 6:15; 2Tim 1:11; Titus 1:31 Timothy 2:7
7For this reason I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am telling you the truth. ▼▼Other mss. read the truth in Christ
I am not lying.)Rom 9:1; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:7-8; 2Tim 1:11 2 Timothy 1:11
11For the sake of this gospel ▼▼Lit. For which
I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. ▼▼Other mss. lack of the Gentiles
Acts 9:15; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 4:17
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