Romans 1:1

Greeting

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God ² (which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

Called to Be an Apostle

Christ Jesus

From God

Good News

Gospel of God

Jesus Christ

Preach the Gospel

Servant of Christ

Servant of Jesus Christ

Set Apart

O God

Christ

David

Jesus

Messiah

Paul

Rome

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

Romans 15:16

as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:1

PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, with brother Sosthenes,

Romans 1:9

God is my witness, the God whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I always mention you in my prayers,

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the work I have accomplished in the Lord?

2 Corinthians 1:1

PAUL an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and brother Timotheus, to the church of God at Corinth as well as to all the saints throughout the whole of Achaia:

Titus 1:1

Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and for their knowledge of the Truth that goes with a religious life,

Acts 13:2-4

As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

Hebrews 5:4

Also, it is an office which no one elects to take for himself; he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.

Mark 16:15-16

And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

Luke 2:10-11

but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

John 13:14-16

Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet;

John 15:15

I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father.

Acts 13:9

So Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the holy Spirit, looked steadily at him

Acts 20:24

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:40

As he gave permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people. A great hush came over them, and he addressed them as follows in Hebrew.

Acts 22:7

I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

Acts 22:13-15

came to me and standing beside me said, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight!' The same moment I regained my sight and looked up at him.

Acts 22:21

But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles ????'"

Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have our permission to speak upon your own behalf." At this Paul stretched out his hand and began his defence.

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? You hurt yourself by kicking at the goad.'

Acts 26:16-18

Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you to my service as a witness to what you have seen and to the visions you shall have of me.

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve, stood before me,

Romans 1:5

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

Romans 1:16

For I am proud of the gospel; it is God's saving power for everyone who has faith, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

Romans 11:13

I tell you this, you Gentiles, that as an apostle to the Gentiles I lay great stress on my office,

Romans 15:29

When I do come to you, I know I will bring a full blessing from Christ.

Romans 16:18

Such creatures are no servants of Christ our Lord, they are slaves of their own base desires; with their plausible and pious talk they beguile the hearts of unsuspecting people. But surely not of you!

Romans 16:25

[Now to Him who can strengthen you by my gospel, by the preaching of Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret purpose which after the silence of long ages

1 Corinthians 9:16-18

What I am proud of is not the mere preaching of the gospel; that I am constrained to do. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

1 Corinthians 15:8-10

and finally he was seen by myself, by this so-called 'abortion' of an apostle.

2 Corinthians 4:5

(It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

2 Corinthians 11:5

I hold I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles'!

2 Corinthians 12:11

Now this is playing the fool! But you forced me to it, instead of coming forward yourselves and vouching for me. That was what I deserved; for, 'nobody' as I am, I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles.'

Galatians 1:1

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

Galatians 1:10-17

Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.

Ephesians 1:1

PAUL, by the will of God an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are faithful in Jesus Christ:

Ephesians 1:13

You also have heard the message of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, and in him you also by your faith have been stamped with the seal of the long-promised holy Spirit

Ephesians 3:5-7

which was not disclosed to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his sacred apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

Ephesians 4:11

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

Philippians 1:1

PAUL and Timotheus, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, as well as to the bishops and deacons:

Philippians 2:11

and every tongue confess that 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 3:6-7

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

Colossians 1:1

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and brother Timotheus,

1 Thessalonians 2:2

At Philippi, as you know, we had been ill-treated and insulted, but we took courage and confidence in our God to tell you the gospel of God in spite of all the strain.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our Hope,

1 Timothy 1:11-12

as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 1:15-16

It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners,

1 Timothy 2:7

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

Of that gospel I have been appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,

Hebrews 7:26

Such was the high priest for us, saintly, innocent, unstained, lifted high above the heavens, far from all contact with the sinful,

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greeting.

2 Peter 1:1

Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:1

Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

Revelation 1:1

A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

Revelation 22:6

[vss 6,7 relocated between vss

Revelation 22:9

But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers the prophets, who lay to heart the words of this book. Worship God."

John 15:20

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

Colossians 1:25

for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message ??26 of that open secret which, though concealed from ages and generations of old, has now been disclosed to the saints of God.