Acts 9:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

A chosen

To bear

And kings

2 Timothy 4:16

The children

Acts 28:17

General references

Acts 25:22

Romans 3:29

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

A chosen

As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."

It was not you who chose me, it is I that have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit??ruit that shall be lasting, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask him for as my followers.

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,

Has not the potter with his clay the right to make from the same lump one thing for exalted uses and another for menial ones?

Paul, an apostle not from men nor sent by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead??2 and all the brothers who are here with me, to the churches of Galatia;

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

To bear

Paul greeted them warmly and gave a detailed account of what God had done among the heathen through his efforts.

But he said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the heathen.' "

I will save you from your people and from the heathen, to whom I will send you

through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,

But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

On the contrary, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the good news for the heathen, just as Peter had been intrusted with it for the Jews??8 for he who actuated Peter to be an apostle to the Jews also actuated me to be one to the heathen??9 and when they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, pledged Barnabas and me their co-operation, with the understanding that we should work among the heathen and they among the Jews.

for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness??26 that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him,

and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.

And kings

"I should like to hear the man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him tomorrow," Festus answered.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are at liberty to speak in your own defense." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor, and see! God has given you the lives of all the people who are on the ship with you.'

and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.

At my first appearance in court no one came to help me; everybody deserted me. May no one lay it up against them!

The children

Three days later, he invited the leading Jews to come to see him, and when they came he said to them, "Brothers, I have done nothing against our people, or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was turned over to the Romans as a prisoner at Jerusalem.

General references

"I should like to hear the man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him tomorrow," Festus answered.

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.