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 ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto 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 sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it unto you.

Paul, slave of Jesus, the Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God

Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?

Paul, apostle (not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)

unto which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles.

No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.

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

To bear

And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee

By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,

For (I call you Gentiles) inasmuch as I am truly the apostle of the Gentiles, my honorable ministry,

Nevertheless I have written, brethren, in part boldly, as admonishing you by the grace that is given to me of God,

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace towards me was not in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

But to the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the operation of his power.

of which I am made a minister by the dispensation of God which is given to me in you, to fulfil the word of God,

of which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

And kings

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered for himself:

saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar; and, behold, God has given thee all those that sail with thee.

and ye shall even be brought before princes and kings for my sake, for testimony unto them and to the Gentiles.

At my first answer no one stood with me, but all men forsook me: let it not be imputed unto them.

The children

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the principals of the Jews together, and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

General references

Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

unto which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles.