Acts 9:15
“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:”
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
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:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,”
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,”
“By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:”
“At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.”
“For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:”