¹⁴ Then he said, ^(A)‘The God of our fathers ^(B)has chosen you that you should ^(C)know His will, and ^(D)see the Just One, ^(E)and hear the voice of His mouth.

¹² For ^(A)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came ^(B)through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

^8 (A)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

A Pattern of Self-Denial

9 Am ^(A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? ^(B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? ^(C)Are you not my work in the Lord?

¹⁶ But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ^(A)to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.

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.

The Test of Knowing Christ

2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Greeting

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, ^(A)called to be an apostle, ^(B)separated to the gospel of God

^17 (A)And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and ^(B)laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord ^[a]Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and ^(C)be filled with the Holy Spirit.”