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 1:11Romans 15:16
16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable because it has been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Isa 66:20; Rom 11:13; Gal 2:7-9; Phil 2:17; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Galatians 1:16
16to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with another human being ▼▼Lit. with flesh and blood
at any time,Matt 16:17; Acts 9:15; 22:21; 26:17-18; Rom 11:13; 1Cor 15:50; 2Cor 4:6; Eph 3:8; 6:12 Ephesians 3:8
8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the Gentiles the immeasurable wealth of Christ1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:16; 2:8; Eph 1:7; Col 1:27; 1Tim 1:13, 15; 2:7; 2Tim 1:111 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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