Thematic Bible: Called to be an apostle
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James » An apostle. Son of zebedee and salome » Called to be an apostle
And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, in which dwelt Peter and James, and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphasus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
And going on thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship, mending their nets. And he immediately called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Paul » Called to be an apostle
PAUL, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Sostlienes my brother,
PAUL, an apostle, (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,)
But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Sou in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I at once declined all conference with flesh and blood:
PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life, which is in Christ Jesus,
to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.
PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;
For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me ac cording to the commandment of God our Savior;
to which I have been appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles;
And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of his mouth; for you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. And now, why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. read more.
And it came to pass, after I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance, and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I threw into prison, and scourged, in every synagogue, those who believed on thee; and that when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I also stood by and approved, and kept the clothing of those who slew him. And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.
And it came to pass, after I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance, and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I threw into prison, and scourged, in every synagogue, those who believed on thee; and that when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I also stood by and approved, and kept the clothing of those who slew him. And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.
But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness of the things which you have seen, and of those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you, in order to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord-? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.
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