Acts 9:15

The Lord declared Saul his chosen instrument to carry his name to Gentiles, kings, and Israel. God sovereignly elects and commissions him.

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• Gal 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• Eph 3:7–8I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
• 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
• Rom 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
• Acts 26:17–20I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
• Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• Rom 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
• Jer 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
• 1 Tim 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
• Gal 1:1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
• 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
• John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• Gal 2:7–9On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
• Rom 15:15–21However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
• Acts 13:2While 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.”
• Rom 9:21–24Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
• Matt 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
• 2 Tim 2:4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Col 1:25–29I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
• Rev 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
• Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
• Jonah 3:1–2Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
• Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
• 2 Tim 2:20–21A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.
• Acts 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
• Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
• Jer 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
• Rom 1:13–15I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
• Exod 4:12–14Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
• Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

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