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:

The children

Bible References

A chosen

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God
Does not the potter have right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
Paul, an apostlesent not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.
No soldier in active service gets entangled in civilian affairs, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are the called and chosen and faithful."

To bear

After he had greeted them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
And he said to me, 'Go; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,
Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
But I have written very boldly to you on some points, so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of themyet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
but on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power.
Of this church I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

And kings

Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

The children

After three days Paul called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

General references

Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.
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