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.

Cross-references · 31

• Gal 1:15–16But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
• Eph 3:7–8Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
• Rom 11:13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Acts 26:17–20Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
• Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Rom 1:5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Jer 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
• 1 Tim 2:7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
• Gal 1:1Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
• 2 Tim 1:11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• Gal 2:7–9But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
• Rom 15:15–21Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
• Acts 13:2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
• Rom 9:21–24Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
• Matt 10:18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
• 2 Tim 2:4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Col 1:25–29Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
• Rev 17:14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
• Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
• Jonah 3:1–2And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
• Acts 25:22Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
• 2 Tim 2:20–21But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
• Acts 26:32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
• Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
• Jer 1:7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
• Rom 1:13–15Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
• Exod 4:12–14Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
• Acts 28:17And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

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