Acts 9:6
6But arise and enter the city, and you will be told bwhat you are to do.”Acts 9:15-16
15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for che is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name dbefore the Gentiles and ekings and the children of Israel. 16For fI will show him how much ghe must suffer hfor the sake of my name.”Acts 22:10
10And I said, i‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.’Acts 22:14-21
14And he said, j‘The God of our fathers kappointed you to know his will, lto see mthe Righteous One and nto hear a voice from his mouth; 15for oyou will be a witness for him to everyone of what pyou have seen and heard. 16And now why do you wait? qRise and be baptized and rwash away your sins, scalling on his name.’17 t“When I had returned to Jerusalem and uwas praying in the temple, I fell into va trance 18and saw him saying to me, w‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another xI imprisoned and ybeat those who believed in you. 20And when the blood of Stephen zyour witness was being shed, aaI myself was standing by and abapproving and acwatching over the garments of those who killed him.’ 21And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you adfar away to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 26:16-18
16But rise and aestand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, afto appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, 17 agdelivering you from your people and from the Gentiles— ahto whom I aiam sending you 18 ajto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from akthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive alforgiveness of sins and ama place among those who are sanctified anby faith in me.’Romans 1:4-5
4and aowas declared to be the Son of God apin power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5through whom aqwe have received grace and arapostleship asto bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name atamong all the nations,2 Corinthians 3:1-3
Ministers of the New Covenant
1 auAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, avas some do, awletters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 axYou yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our ▼▼Some manuscripts your
hearts, to be known and read by all. 3And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of azthe living God, not on batablets of stone but on bbtablets of bchuman hearts. ▼▼Greek fleshly hearts
Ephesians 3:8
8To me, bethough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, bfto preach to the Gentiles the bgunsearchable bhriches of Christ,
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