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 engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said: "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my Name.

To all in Rome who are dear to God and have been called to become Christ's People, From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, who has been called to become an Apostle, and has been set apart to tell God's Good News.

Has not the potter absolute power over his clay, so that out of the same lump he makes one thing for better, and another for common, use?

To the churches in Galatia, from Paul, an Apostle whose commission is not from men and is given, not by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead;

of which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and Teacher.

A soldier on active service, to please his superior officer, always avoids entangling himself in the affairs of ordinary life.

They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; so, too, will those with him who have received the Call and are chosen and faithful.

To bear

After greeting them, Paul related in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his efforts;

But Jesus said to me 'Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away'."

Since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.

But I am speaking to you who were Gentiles.

But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly--by way of refreshing your memories--

But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.

On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the Gentiles, just as Peter had been for the Jews.

Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie)--a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.

And kings

"I should like to hear this man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," Festus answered.

Turning to Paul, Agrippa said: "You are at liberty to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

'Have no fear, Paul; you must appear before the Emperor, and God himself has given you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.'

And you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, that you may witness for me before them and the nations.

At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them!

The children

Three days after our arrival, Paul invited the leading Jews to meet him; and, when they came, he spoke to them as follows: "Brothers, although I had done nothing hostile to the interests of our nation or to our ancestral customs, yet I was sent from Jerusalem as a prisoner, and handed over to the Romans.

General references

"I should like to hear this man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," Festus answered.

Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?

of which I was myself appointed a Herald and Apostle, and Teacher.