But the Lord said to him,“ Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

主对亚拿尼亚说：“你只管去！他是我所拣选的器皿，要在外邦人和君王，并以色列人面前宣扬我的名。

主对他说：“你只管去。他是我所拣选的器皿，要在外邦人、君王和以色列人面前宣扬我的名。

主对他说：“你只管去。他是我所拣选的器皿，要在外邦人、君王和以色列人面前宣扬我的名。

主对亚拿尼亚说：“你放心去吧！他是我拣选的器皿，要向外族人、君王和以色列人宣扬我的名。

主对他说：“你去吧！这人是我拣选的器皿，为要把我的名传给外族人、君王和以色列人。

但是主对他说：“你去吧！因为这个人是我所拣选的器皿，不但要在外邦人和君王面前，还要在以色列子民面前宣扬我的名。

主對亞拿尼亞說：「你只管去！他是我所揀選的器皿，要在外邦人和君王，並以色列人面前宣揚我的名。

主對他說：「你只管去。他是我所揀選的器皿，要在外邦人、君王和以色列人面前宣揚我的名。

主對他說：「你只管去。他是我所揀選的器皿，要在外邦人、君王和以色列人面前宣揚我的名。

主對亞拿尼亞說：「你放心去吧！他是我揀選的器皿，要向外族人、君王和以色列人宣揚我的名。

主對他說：“你去吧！這人是我揀選的器皿，為要把我的名傳給外族人、君王和以色列人。

主卻對亞拿尼亞說：『你只管去，因為這個人是屬於我揀選的器皿，要在外國人和君王、跟以色列人面前擔負我名的。

但是主對他說：「你去吧！因為這個人是我所揀選的器皿，不但要在外邦人和君王面前，還要在以色列子民面前宣揚我的名。

主曰、往哉、彼乃我選之器、以播我名於異邦人、及諸王、並以色列民、

主曰、往哉、彼乃我選之器、將播我名於異邦人、及王者與以色列民、

主曰、爾往、彼乃我所選之器、以宣揚我名、在異邦人及君王並以色列民前、

主曰：『第往、斯人乃吾特選之器、將以吾名播諸異族與列王、以及義塞子孫。

But the Lord said to Ananias,“ Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

But the Lord said to Ananias,“ Go! I have chosen this man to work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and to their kings. He will also announce my name to the people of Israel.

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.

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.

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

But the Lord said to him,“ Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his graceto reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

“ Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle— I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying— a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Paul, an apostle— not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’“ Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,“ Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

“ He said to me,‘ Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.But, as it is written,“ They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”Moses said,“ Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said,“ What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

Agrippa said to Festus,“ This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

But Yahweh said to me,“ Don’t say,‘ I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

Agrippa said to Festus,“ I also would like to hear the man myself.”“ Tomorrow,” he said,“ you shall hear him.”So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.Festus said,“ King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him,of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”Agrippa said to Paul,“ You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.“ I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.“ Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?“ I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them,“ I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”They said to him,“ We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word,“ The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,saying,‘ Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’“ Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

saying,‘ Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.