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 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."

"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; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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

Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses?

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

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

A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander.

These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings. And they who are with him are called and faithful and chosen."

To bear

After saluting them Paul rehearsed, one by one, the things that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

"'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'"

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

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;

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

Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

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

It is of this gospel I became a minister according to the gift of the power of the grace of God, bestowed on me by the energy of his power.

It is of this I was made a minister, according to the stewardship entrusted to me by God for you, fully to declare God's message;

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.

And kings

"I should like to hear the man, myself," said Agrippa to Festus. Festus answered, "You shall hear him tomorrow."

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched forth his hand and began to make his defense.

"'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

At the time of my first defense no one stood by me; on the contrary they all deserted me??ay it not be laid to their charge!

The children

Now three days later he called the leading Jews together, and when they were come together he said to them. "Brothers, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of your fathers.

General references

"I should like to hear the man, myself," said Agrippa to Festus. Festus answered, "You shall hear him tomorrow."

Is God then the God of the Jews alone, and not of the Gentiles also? He is God of the Gentiles also,

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