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

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

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,

Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

Paul, apostle, not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from among the dead,

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations.

No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful.

To bear

And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations,

For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;

But I have written to you the more boldly, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,

But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

but, on the contrary, seeing that the glad tidings of the uncircumcision were confided to me, even as to Peter that of the circumcision,

of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.

of which I became minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given me towards you to complete the word of God,

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.

And kings

And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.

and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

At my first defence no man stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be imputed to them.

The children

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

General references

And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also would desire to hear the man. To-morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations.