Paul: Called to be an Apostle

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

‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you. …

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

…to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

…to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.