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 [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out from [the] womb I consecrated you; I appointed you [as] a prophet to the nations."

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called [to be] an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?

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

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

No one who serves as a soldier is entangled in the activities of [everyday] life, so that he may please the one who enlisted [him].

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him [are] called and chosen and faithful."

To bear

And [after] greeting them, he began to relate {one after the other} [the things] which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

And he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

rescuing you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,

But I have written to you more boldly on [some] points, so as to remind you [again] because of the grace that has been given to me by God,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

But these, [when they] saw that I had been entrusted [with] the gospel to the uncircumcision, just as Peter to the circumcision

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

And kings

So Agrippa [said] to Festus, "I want to hear the man myself also." "Tomorrow," he said, "you will hear him."

So Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended [his] hand [and] began to defend himself:

saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary [for] you to stand before Caesar, and behold, God has graciously granted you all who are sailing with you.'

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

At my first defense, no one came to my [aid], but [they] all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

The children

Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And [when] they had assembled, he said to them, "Men [and] brothers, [although] I had done nothing against [our] people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered [as] a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

General references

So Agrippa [said] to Festus, "I want to hear the man myself also." "Tomorrow," he said, "you will hear him."

Or [is God] the God of the Jews only? [Is he] not also [the God] of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles,

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,