17 I will [a]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, (A)to whom I [b]now send you,

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  1. Acts 26:17 rescue
  2. Acts 26:17 NU, M omit now

17 I will rescue you(A) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(B) I am sending you to them

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for (A)he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before (B)Gentiles, (C)kings, and the (D)children[a] of Israel.

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  1. Acts 9:15 Lit. sons

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

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(A)for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth [a]in Christ and not lying—(B)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:7 NU omits in Christ

And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying(A)—and a true and faithful teacher(B) of the Gentiles.(C)

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13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (A)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

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13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(A) I take pride in my ministry

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19 They will fight against you,
But they shall not prevail against you.
For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”

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19 They will fight against you but will not overcome(A) you, for I am with you(B) and will rescue(C) you,” declares the Lord.

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16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. (A)May it not be charged against them.

The Lord Is Faithful

17 (B)But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, (C)so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered (D)out of the mouth of the lion.

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16 At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.(A) 17 But the Lord stood at my side(B) and gave me strength,(C) so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.(D) And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.(E)

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11 persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me (A)at Antioch, (B)at Iconium, (C)at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And (D)out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch,(A) Iconium(B) and Lystra,(C) the persecutions I endured.(D) Yet the Lord rescued(E) me from all of them.(F)

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11 (A)to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher [a]of the Gentiles.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:11 NU omits of the Gentiles

11 And of this gospel(A) I was appointed(B) a herald and an apostle and a teacher.(C)

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(A)of which I became a minister (B)according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by (C)the effective working of His power.

Purpose of the Mystery

To me, (D)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (E)the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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I became a servant of this gospel(A) by the gift of God’s grace given me(B) through the working of his power.(C) Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(D) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(E) the boundless riches of Christ,(F)

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and when James, [a]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be (A)pillars, perceived (B)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, (C)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 Peter

James,(A) Cephas[a](B) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(C) gave me and Barnabas(D) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(E) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(F) and they to the circumcised.

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  1. Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14

28 “Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent (A)to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!”

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28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation(A) has been sent to the Gentiles,(B) and they will listen!”

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(A)Do not be afraid of their faces,
For (B)I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.

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Do not be afraid(A) of them, for I am with you(B) and will rescue(C) you,” declares the Lord.(D)

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23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: (A)in labors more abundant, (B)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, (C)in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received (D)forty (E)stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was (F)beaten with rods; (G)once I was stoned; three times I (H)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, (I)in perils of my own countrymen, (J)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E) 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes(F) minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods,(G) once I was pelted with stones,(H) three times I was shipwrecked,(I) I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews,(J) in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city,(K) in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.(L)

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