Romans 1:1
Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.
Romans 15:16
in making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the heathen peoples, to have me act as a sacrificing minister of the good news, in order that my offering of the heathen peoples to God may be acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, by the will of God called as an apostle of Jesus Christ, and our brother Sosthenes,
Romans 1:9
Indeed, my witness is God, whom I serve in my spirit by telling the good news about His Son, that I never fail to mention you every time I pray,
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work for the Lord?
2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all God's people all over Greece:
Titus 1:1
Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to stimulate faith in God's chosen people and to lead them on to a full knowledge of religious truth,
Acts 13:2-4
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."
Hebrews 5:4
And no one takes this honor upon himself but is called to it by God, as Aaron was.
Mark 16:15-16
Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation.
Luke 2:10-11
But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people;
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.
John 13:14-16
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet.
John 15:15
I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; I now call you friends, because I have told you everything that I have learned from my Father.
Acts 13:9
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, because he was full of the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye
Acts 20:24
But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.
Acts 21:40
He granted the request, and Paul, as he was standing on the steps, made a gesture to the people, and after everybody had quieted down, he spoke to them in Hebrew as follows:
Acts 22:7
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'
Acts 22:13-15
came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, 'Saul, my brother, recover your sight!' Then instantly I did recover it and looked at him,
Acts 22:21
Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am to send you out and far away among the heathen.'"
Acts 26:1
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak in defense of yourself." So Paul with outstretched arm began to make his defense.
Acts 26:14
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you continue to persecute me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goad.'
Acts 26:16-18
But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you my servant and a witness to me of the things which you have seen and those which I shall yet enable you to see.
Acts 27:23
For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side
Romans 1:5
through whom we have received God's favor and a commission as an apostle in His name to urge upon all the heathen obedience inspired by faith,
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who trusts, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.
Romans 11:13
Yes, I now am speaking to you who are a part of the heathen peoples. As I am an apostle to the heathen peoples, I am making the most of my ministry to them, to see
Romans 15:29
And I feel sure that when I do come to you, I shall come with Christ's abundant blessing on me.
Romans 16:18
For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.
Romans 16:25
To Him who can make you strong in accordance with the good news I bring and in accordance with the message preached about Jesus Christ, in accordance with the uncovering of the secret which for ages past had not been told,
1 Corinthians 9:16-18
For if I do preach the good news, I have no ground for boasting of it, for I cannot help doing it. Yes, indeed, I am accursed if I do not preach the good news.
1 Corinthians 15:8-10
He was seen by me, too, as though I were born out of time.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For I am not proclaiming myself but Christ Jesus as Lord, and myself a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 11:5
For I consider myself not a single bit inferior to those surpassingly superior apostles of yours!
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have made a fool of myself, but you have forced me to do it, for I am the man who ought to have been constantly approved by you. For I am not a single bit inferior to your surpassingly superior apostles, though really I am "nobody."
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle sent not from men or by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead --
Galatians 1:10-17
Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, to God's people who are faithful in Christ Jesus;
Ephesians 1:13
You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 3:5-7
which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --
Ephesians 4:11
And He has given some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all God's people in union with Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and assistants:
Philippians 2:11
and everyone should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the praise of God the Father.
Philippians 3:6-7
by the standard set by zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and measured by the uprightness reached by keeping the law, I was faultless.
Colossians 1:1
Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But, although we had just suffered and been insulted, as you remember, at Philippi, we again summoned courage by the help of God, in spite of the terrific strain, to tell you God's good news.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1 Timothy 1:11-12
as measured by the glorious good news of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
1 Timothy 1:15-16
It is a saying to be trusted and deserves our fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; and I am the foremost of them.
1 Timothy 2:7
and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
Hebrews 7:26
For we needed such a High Priest, holy, innocent, unstained, far removed from sinful men, and elevated far above the very heavens,
James 1:1
James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered over the world.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:
Jude 1:1
Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ:
Revelation 1:1
A revelation given by Jesus Christ which God gave to Him, to make known to His slaves what must very soon take place. He sent and communicated it through His angel to His slave John,
Revelation 22:6
Then he said to me: "These words are trustworthy and true; the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show His slaves what must soon take place.
Revelation 22:9
But he said to me: "You must be careful not to do that; I am only a fellow-slave of yours, of your brothers the prophets, and of the people who practice the truths contained in this book. Worship God."
John 15:20
Remember what I once told you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.
Colossians 1:25
In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,