If I am not an apostle to others, yet indeed I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

My defense to those who examine me is this:

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

And last of all, as of [one] born out of due time, He appeared to me also.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But the Lord said to him, "Go [your way], for he is a chosen vessel to Me to bear My name before Gentiles and kings, and the sons of Israel.

Now as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work which I have called them."

And the multitude of the city was divided: and some were with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

And he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice from His mouth.

For you shall be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

This girl, following after Paul and us, was crying out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation."

And this she did for many days. But Paul, being greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out in that very hour.

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the gospel of God

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for His name,

For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

For I consider [myself] [in] nothing to have been inferior to the most super apostles.

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me! For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing have I been inferior to the super apostles, though I am nothing.

Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and miracles.

Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

but on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted [with] the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter [with the gospel] for the circumcised,

(for He who worked with Peter in [the] apostleship to the circumcised, worked also with me in [that for] the Gentiles),

for which I was appointed a herald and apostle--I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie--a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth.

to which I was appointed a herald and apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] faith of the elect of God and [the] full knowledge of [the] truth which is according to godliness,

but has in due time manifested His word in a proclamation, [with] which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior;

For being free from all [men], I have made myself a servant to all, in order that I might win the more;

Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free, and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage.

And last of all, as of [one] born out of due time, He appeared to me also.

And as he was going, it came about that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.

And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

And Ananias departed and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, the One who appeared to you in the way which you were coming, so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

Now the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision in the night, "Fear not, but speak, and do not keep silent;

Now it happened, as I was going and approaching Damascus, about midday, suddenly from heaven a great light shone about me.

"So I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'

And he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice from His mouth.

And now, what are you going to do? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

and saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and go out quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your witness about Me.'

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing by consenting to his murder, and guarding the clothes of those murdering him.'

Now on the next night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, Paul; for as you solemnly testified about the things concerning Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

But arise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you, to appoint 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,

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gives the increase.

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].

For though you might have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [you do] not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, were believing and were being baptized.

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city."

And working together [with Him], we also urge that you not receive the grace of God in vain.