Bible Verses About Paul: Sent unto the Gentiles

and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent them away.

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations--for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe--as many as were appointed to life age-during;

`And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;

and I said, Lord, they--they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

For to you I speak--to the nations--inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called me through His grace--

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus,

then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,

and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.

And the things that I write to you, lo, before God--I lie not;

then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that are in Christ,

and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news--the faith that then he was wasting;'

and they were glorifying God in me.