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

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

"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

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

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful."

To bear

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace 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. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,

For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle -- I am telling the truth; I am not lying -- and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

And kings

Agrippa said to Festus, "I would also like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he replied, "you will hear him."

So Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense:

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.'

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

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.

The children

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, "Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

General references

Agrippa said to Festus, "I would also like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he replied, "you will hear him."

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.