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Acts 9:15

Weymouth NT

»Go,« replied the Lord; »he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

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and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, »Set apart for Me, now at once, Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.«

After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.

Then he said, `The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.

»`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'«

»I should like to hear the man myself,« said Agrippa. »to-morrow,« replied Festus, »you shall.« Accordingly, the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came in state

Then Agrippa said to Paul, »You have permission to speak about yourself.« So Paul, with outstretched arm, proceeded to make his defence.

And Agrippa said to Festus, »He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.«

and he said, »`Dismiss all fear, Paul, for you must stand before Caesar; and God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

After one complete day he invited the leading men among the Jews to meet him; and, when they were come together, he said to them, »As for me, brethren, although I had done nothing prejudicial to our people or contrary to the customs of our forefathers, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the power of the Romans.

»Be fully assured, therefore, that this salvation –God's salvation– has now been sent to the Gentiles, and that they, at any rate, will give heed.«

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest–yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!

Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead–

For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles–

and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business–so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.

They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those who accompany Him –called, as they are, and chosen, and faithful– shall share in the victory.«




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