“ Then he told me,‘ The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and hear him speak.

他又说：‘我们祖宗的神拣选了你，叫你明白他的旨意，又得见那义者，听他口中所出的声音。

他又说：‘我们祖宗的上帝拣选了你，让你明白他的旨意，又看见那义者，听见他口中所出的声音。

他又说：‘我们祖宗的神拣选了你，让你明白他的旨意，又看见那义者，听见他口中所出的声音。

他又说，‘我们祖先的上帝拣选了你，要你明白祂的旨意，又让你亲自看见那位公义者、听到祂的声音。

他又说：‘我们祖先的神选派了你，让你明白他的旨意，看见那义者，听见他口中的声音。

他又说：‘我们祖先的神预先指定了你，使你明白他的旨意，看见那位义者，听见他口中传来的声音，

他又說：『我們祖宗的神揀選了你，叫你明白他的旨意，又得見那義者，聽他口中所出的聲音。

他又說：『我們祖宗的上帝揀選了你，讓你明白他的旨意，又看見那義者，聽見他口中所出的聲音。

他又說：『我們祖宗的神揀選了你，讓你明白他的旨意，又看見那義者，聽見他口中所出的聲音。

他又說，『我們祖先的上帝揀選了你，要你明白祂的旨意，又讓你親自看見那位公義者、聽到祂的聲音。

他又說：‘我們祖先的神選派了你，讓你明白他的旨意，看見那義者，聽見他口中的聲音。

他說：「我們祖宗的上帝選派了你明白他的旨意，得見那義者，得聽他口中所出的聲音；

他又說：『我們祖先的神預先指定了你，使你明白他的旨意，看見那位義者，聽見他口中傳來的聲音，

又曰、我列祖之上帝立爾、俾知其旨、見彼義者、聞其口出之言、

曰我列祖之上帝選爾、以知其旨、見義者、而聞其口語、

又曰、我列祖之天主選爾、俾爾知其旨、得見彼義者、且聞其口之聲、

渠又曰：「吾祖之天主已賜汝恩簡、使汝得明厥旨獲見聖者、親聞其音；

“ Then he said:‘ The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

“ Then he said,‘ The God of our people has chosen you. He wanted to tell you his plans for you. You have seen the Blameless One. You have heard words from his mouth.

And he said,‘ The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;

And he said,‘ The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,

And he said,‘ The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a message from His mouth.

Then he said,‘ The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Then he said,‘ The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

Then he said,‘ The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

He said,‘ The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

Now get to your feet! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and witness. Tell people that you have seen me, and tell them what I will show you in the future.

Am I not as free as anyone else? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord with my own eyes? Isn’t it because of my work that you belong to the Lord?

Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him.

I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.

But the Lord said,“ Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— the God of all our ancestors— who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said,“ Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

“ The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them multiply and grow strong during their stay in Egypt. Then with a powerful arm he led them out of their slavery.

David went out to meet them and said,“ If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”

“ O Lord, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.

For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread

He made pagan shrines in all the towns of Judah for offering sacrifices to other gods. In this way, he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!

You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.

I saw a vision of Jesus saying to me,‘ Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t accept your testimony about me.’

I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. You have told me what we asked of you and revealed to us what the king demanded.”

“ But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a cult. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the prophets.

But Moses protested,“ If I go to the people of Israel and tell them,‘ The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me,‘ What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?”God replied to Moses,“ I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.”God also said to Moses,“ Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors— the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob— has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.“ Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them,‘ Yahweh, the God of your ancestors— the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— has appeared to me. He told me,“ I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.

who decide to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony.”

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.

He abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord’s ways.

“ I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have been sent out to tell others about the life he has promised through faith in Christ Jesus.

This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.

He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.