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Acts 9:15

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΕἶπενEipenSaidG2036 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
κύριος·kuriosLord;G2962 →
πορεύου,poreuoudo go,G4198 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
σκεῦοςskeuosa vesselG4632 →
ἐκλογῆςeklogēsof choiceG1589 →
ἐστίνestinisG1510 →
μοιmoito MeG3165 →
οὗτοςhoutosthis [man]G3778 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
βαστάσαιbastasaito carryG941 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
ὄνομάonomanameG3686 →
μουmouof MeG3165 →
ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeG1799 →
ἐθνῶνethnōnGentilesG1484 →
τεteandG5037 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
βασιλέωνbasileōnkingsG935 →
υἱῶνhuiōn[the] sonsG5207 →
τεtethenG5037 →
Ἰσραήλ.Israēlof Israel.G2474 →

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Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—Galatians 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleasedEphesians 3:7–8I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.Romans 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry2 Timothy 4:16–17At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.Acts 26:17–20I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them1 Timothy 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,Romans 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”2 Timothy 2:21So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.Galatians 2:7On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleasedRomans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”Philippians 3:12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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