Acts 9:15

15But the Lord said to him, Go, for ahe is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name bbefore the Gentiles and ckings and the children of Israel.

Acts 13:2

2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, dthe Holy Spirit said, e“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ffor the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 14:4

4But the people of the city gwere divided; hsome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

Acts 16:17-18

17She followed Paul and us, icrying out, “These men are jservants
Greek bondservants
of lthe Most High God, who proclaim to you mthe way of salvation.”
18And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, n“I command you oin the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And pit came out that very hour.

Acts 22:14-15

14And he said, q‘The God of our fathers rappointed you to know his will, sto see tthe Righteous One and uto hear a voice from his mouth; 15for vyou will be a witness for him to everyone of what wyou have seen and heard.

Romans 1:1

Greeting

1Paul, xa servant
Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of Christ Jesus, zcalled to be an apostle, aaset apart for the gospel of God,

Romans 1:5

5through whom abwe have received grace and acapostleship adto bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name aeamong all the nations,

1 Corinthians 1:1

Greeting

1Paul, afcalled agby the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

1 Corinthians 9:2-3

2If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are ahthe seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

3This is my defense to those who would examine me.

1 Corinthians 15:8-9

8Last of all, as to one untimely born, aihe appeared also to me. 9For ajI am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because akI persecuted the church of God.
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