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 ministering to 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 the womb I knew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus,

called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

To bear

After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

And kings

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:

saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.

The children

After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

General references

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.