77 Bible Verses about Paul, Apostle To Gentiles

But when it pleased him who set me apart from my very birth, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son within me, that I might publish the glad tidings of him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone around a him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he answered, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.read more.
But arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one. And Saul arose from the earth; but when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for lo! he prayeth, and hath seen a man, named Ananias, coming in and putting his hand on him, that he might receive sight. But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how great evils he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem. And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel. For I myself will show him how great things he must suffer for my names sake. And Ananias went away, and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayst receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. And immediately there fell off from his eyes as it were scales; and he received sight, and arose, and was baptized. And having taken some food he was strengthened. And he was some days with the disciples in Damascus.

But it came to pass, as I was on my way, and approaching Damascus, that about noon there suddenly shone around me a great light from heaven; and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecutest.read more.
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but the voice of him that spoke to me they did not hear. And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there thou wilt be told of all which it hath been appointed thee to do. And as I could not see by reason of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand of those that were with me, and came into Damascus. But one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well spoken of by all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me, and standing over me said, Brother Saul, receive sight. And I immediately looked up upon him. And he said, The God of our fathers chose thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth; for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard. And now why dost thou delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

And as I was going to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the chief priests, at midday, on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.read more.
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee, to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

and when they knew the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcised;

And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

For I will not be bold to say anything hut of what Christ hath actually wrought by me to bring the gentiles to obedience by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and in the country around even to Illyricum, I have fully made known the gospel of Christ; but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,read more.
but, as it is written: "They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."

But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us,a measure to reach even to you. For we do not stretch ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you; (for as far as even to you did we come, in the gospel of Christ;) not boasting of things that are without measure, in other mens labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,read more.
so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you; not boasting, in anothers line, of things made ready to our hand.

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power. To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ, to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery, which hath been hidden for ages in God, who created all things;

For in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!

I am debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the unwise. So, according to my ability, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also in Rome.

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but to God we have been made manifest, and I hope have been made manifest in your consciences also. For we are not again commending ourselves to you, but giving you occasion to glory on our behalf; that ye may have somewhat to answer those who glory in outward appearance, and not in heart. For whether we were beside ourselves, it was for God; or whether we are in our sound mind, it is for you.read more.
For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died;

nor from men sought we glory, either from you, or from others; though we might have used authority as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children; so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.read more.
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil, how laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

This is my answer to those who question my authority. Have we not a right to eat and drink? Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?read more.
Or am I alone and Barnabas bound to labor with our own hands? Who ever serveth as a soldier at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard without eating its fruit? Or who tendeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of the flock? Is it on mans authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses: "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain." Is it for oxen that God careth? Or doth he say it altogether on our account? On our account, no doubt, it was written, that he who plougheth ought to plough in hope, and that he who thrasheth should do it in the hope of partaking. If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap from you things for the body? If others possess this right in relation to you, do not we still more? But we have not used this right; but we submit to all things, that we may occasion no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. Do ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar? In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in. For in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, still I have been intrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of the gospel.

For what is there in which ye were at disadvantage when compared with other churches, except that I myself was not a charge to you? Forgive me this wrong.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus sake.

I speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as to the flesh;

For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the Law; to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law;read more.
to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some. And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.

But I wish you to know, brethren, that things with me have resulted in the furtherance of the gospel; so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest; and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.read more.
Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will. They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel; but they who are of a factious spirit preach Christ with no pure intent, thinking to stir up affliction to my bonds. What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and therein do I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice. For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say; but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better; but to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake. And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your advancement and joy in your faith, that your glorying in me, in the cause of Christ Jesus, may be more abundant by my coming to you again.

And that I might not be too much lifted up by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be too much lifted up. In respect to this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me; and he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may abide upon me.read more.
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us; being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;read more.
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

giving no occasion for stumbling in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed; but as Gods ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;read more.
in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true; as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

I say it to my reproach, that we were weak; but in whatever any one is bold, (I speak in folly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abrams offspring? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;read more.
of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have spent in the deep; by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is in danger of stumbling, and I do not burn?

I have become a fool; it is ye that compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the very foremost apostles, though I am nothing. Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you with all endurance, by signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

And when they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magian, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Barjesus, who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magian (for so is his name interpreted) withstood them, seeking so turn away the proconsul from the faith.read more.
But Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou wilt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought to find some who would lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul, when he saw what had taken place, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; so that even handkerchiefs, or aprons, were carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

For I will not be bold to say anything hut of what Christ hath actually wrought by me to bring the gentiles to obedience by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and in the country around even to Illyricum, I have fully made known the gospel of Christ;

and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power; that your faith might not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

since we know, brethren beloved of God, that he hath chosen you; because the gospel preached by us came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye well know what sort of persons we became among you for your sake.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, while becoming like him in his death, if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.read more.
Wherefore we also strive that, whether at home or absent, we may be approved by him. For we must all be made manifest before the judgmentseat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he did, whether good or bad.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, if this is to me the fruit of my labor, then what I should choose, I cannot say;read more.
but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better; but to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

For I am already about to be offered as a sacrifice, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me at that day, and not to me only, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification. For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God, but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men;read more.
and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.

Follow my example, as I do that of Christ.

I write not these things to shame you, but I am warning you as my beloved children. For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel. I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.read more.
For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ. Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth to the things that are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.read more.
Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if ye have a different mind in anything, even this will God reveal to you. Nevertheless, whereto we have reached, in that let us walk. Brethren, be ye followers together of me, and mark those who walk as ye have us for an example.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. The things which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you.

Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. For ye yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you, neither did we eat any mans bread for nought, but were working with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.read more.
Not because we have not authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, that ye should imitate us.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow. And whether we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation, knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.read more.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our distress which came upon us in Asia, that it was exceedingly heavy upon us beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us; being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;read more.
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. For we who live are continually delivered up to death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Henceforth let no one trouble me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. And when they had come to him, he said to them: Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you the whole time, serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;read more.
how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but have made it known to you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house; testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus.

For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted; but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every mans conscience in the sight of God.

Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holily, and righteously, and unblamably we conducted ourselves toward you that believe; as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye should walk in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you to his own kingdom and glory.

For God is my witness how much I long for you all in the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

Did I commit an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God without charge? I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, in order to do you service; and when I was present with you, and in want, I was a charge to no one; (for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied my wants;) and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.read more.
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia. Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth!

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you;

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

In the first place, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how constantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers supplicating that, if it be possible, I may at last through the will of God be favored with an opportunity of coming to you.

For this cause I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and of your love to all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him;read more.
the eyes of your mind being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope belonging to his call of you, and what the riches of the glory of the inheritance which he hath given among the saints, and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

For which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and perfect [in you] all pleasure in goodness, and the work of faith, with power; that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Brethren, pray for us.

But I beseech you, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love produced by the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers to God for me; that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints; so that, through the will of God, I may come to you in joy, and may with you be refreshed.

and for me, that utterance may be given me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, in behalf of which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may proclaim it boldly, as I ought to speak.

We then are ambassadors for Christ; as though God were exhorting you by us, in behalf of Christ we entreat you, Be reconciled to God.

but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,

According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful masterbuilder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but ministers through whom ye believed, and that as the Lord gave to each? I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth.read more.
And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor. For we are Gods fellowlaborers; ye are Gods field, ye are Gods building.

For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye should walk in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you to his own kingdom and glory.

My children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you,

nor from men sought we glory, either from you, or from others; though we might have used authority as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children;

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

But thanks be to God, who always exhibiteth us in triumph in Christ, and manifesteth through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place. For we are to God a sweet odor of Christ among those who are being saved, and those who are perishing; to the latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, a called apostle, set apart to preach the gospel of God,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the bishops and deacons:

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Christ Jesus, for the faith of Gods elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus; and the things which thou didst hear from me before many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, such as will be able to teach others also.

Hold the pattern of sound words, which thou heardest from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus; the good trust committed to thee keep through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.