vSee 2 Cor. 1:1
agSee 1 Tim. 2:7
Jeremiah 1:5
5 a“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born bI consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet cto the nations.”
John 15:16
16You did not choose me, but dI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ebear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that fwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.Acts 13:2
2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, gthe Holy Spirit said, h“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ifor the work to which I have called them.”Romans 1:1
Greeting
1Paul, ja servant ▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
of Christ Jesus, lcalled to be an apostle, mset apart for the gospel of God, Romans 9:21-24
21 nHas the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump oone vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience pvessels of wrath qprepared for destruction, 23in order to make known rthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he shas prepared beforehand for glory— 24even us whom he thas called, unot from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?Galatians 1:1
Greeting
1Paul, an vapostle— wnot from men nor through man, but xthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, ywho raised him from the dead—Galatians 1:15-16
15But when he zwho had set me apart aabefore I was born, ▼▼Greek set me apart from my mother’s womb
and who accalled me by his grace, 16was pleased to reveal his Son to ▼▼Greek in
me, in order aethat I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; ▼▼Greek with flesh and blood
2 Timothy 1:11
11 agfor which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,
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