Acts 22:21

Paul Tells Of His Conversion On The Damascus Road

²⁰ "'and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting, and holding the garments of his murders.' ²¹  "'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'" ²² Until they heard this last statement, the people were listening to Paul, but now they roared out. "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

Jesus Said

Lord Said

Jesus

Acts 9:15

"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

Acts 13:2

And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

Acts 13:46-47

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 18:6

But as they opposed him and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, and said: "Your blood be upon your own hands. I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

Acts 26:17-18

"'I will deliver you from the Jewish people, and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you to open their eyes

Romans 1:5

It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

Romans 11:13

For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

Romans 15:16

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 16:26

but now has been brought to light, and by command of the eternal God made known to the Gentiles by the scriptures of the Prophets, so that the Gentiles might hold obedience of the faith.

Galatians 1:15-16

But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,

Galatians 2:7-8

On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter has with the gospel for the circumcised

Ephesians 3:6-8

namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles form one body with us the Jews, and are coheirs and copartners in the promise, through the gospel.

1 Timothy 2:7

It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.