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Acts 9:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: fori he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name beforek the Gentiles, and kingsl, and them children of Israel:

Acts 13:2• 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. (Acts 13:2)

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Rom. 1:1)

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1 Cor. 15:10• 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 labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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Gal. 1:15• ¹⁵But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, (Gal. 1:15)

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Eph. 3:7‑8• ⁷Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
⁸Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; (Eph. 3:7‑8)

Rom. 11:13• ¹³For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: (Rom. 11:13)

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Gal. 2:7‑8• ⁷But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
⁸(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) (Gal. 2:7‑8)

Acts 25:23• ²³And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth. (Acts 25:23)

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Acts 28:17• 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. (Acts 28:17)

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Go.

Ex. 4:12‑14• ¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
¹³And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
¹⁴And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. (Ex. 4:12‑14)

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Jer. 1:7• 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. (Jer. 1:7)

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Jonah 3:1‑2• ¹And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
²Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. (Jonah 3:1‑2)

a chosen.

Acts 13:2• 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. (Acts 13:2)

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Jer. 1:5• 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. (Jer. 1:5)

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John 15:16• 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. (John 15:16)

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Rom. 1:1)

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Rom. 9:21‑24• ²¹Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
²²What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
²³And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
²⁴Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Rom. 9:21‑24)

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Gal. 1:1,15‑16• ¹Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
¹⁵But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
¹⁶To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: (Gal. 1:1,15‑16)

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2 Tim. 1:11• ¹¹Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (2 Tim. 1:11)

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2 Tim. 2:4,20‑21• 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.
²⁰But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
²¹If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. (2 Tim. 2:4,20‑21)

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Rev. 17:14• 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. (Rev. 17:14)

to bear.

Acts 21:19• ¹⁹And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. (Acts 21:19)

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Acts 22:21• ²¹And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. (Acts 22:21)

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Acts 26:17‑20• ¹⁷Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
¹⁸To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
¹⁹Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
²⁰But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. (Acts 26:17‑20)

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Rom. 1:5,13‑15• ⁵By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
¹³Now 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.
¹⁴I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
¹⁵So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. (Rom. 1:5,13‑15)

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Rom. 11:13• ¹³For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: (Rom. 11:13)

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Rom. 15:15‑21• ¹⁵Nevertheless, 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,
¹⁶That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
¹⁷I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
¹⁹Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
²⁰Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
²¹But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. (Rom. 15:15‑21)

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Col. 1:25‑29• ²⁵Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
²⁶Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
²⁸Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
²⁹Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. (Col. 1:25‑29)

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1 Tim. 2:7• 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. (1 Tim. 2:7)

and kings.

Acts 25:22‑27• ²²Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
²³And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
²⁴And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
²⁵But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
²⁶Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
²⁷For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. (Acts 25:22‑27)

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Acts 26:1‑11• ¹Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
²I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
³Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
⁵Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
⁶And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
⁷Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
⁸Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
⁹I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
¹⁰Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
¹¹And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. (Acts 26:1‑11)

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Acts 27:24• ²⁴Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. (Acts 27:24)

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Matt. 10:18• ¹⁸And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. (Matt. 10:18)

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2 Tim. 4:16‑17• ¹⁶At 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.
¹⁷Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. (2 Tim. 4:16‑17)

the children.

Acts 28:17‑31• 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.
¹⁸Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
¹⁹But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
²⁰For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
²¹And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of thee.
²²But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
²³And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
²⁴And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
²⁵And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
²⁶Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
²⁷For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
²⁸Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
²⁹And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
³⁰And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
³¹Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. (Acts 28:17‑31)

J. N. Darby Translation

And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

W. Kelly Translation

But the Lord said unto him, Go, for he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name before botha d Gentiles and kings and sons of Israel;

WK Translation Notes

The oldest MSS. read "both," but "the" is wrongly added in some.