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As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
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He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
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Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
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As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
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But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
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But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
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Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!"
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She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.
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Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
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The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
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for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
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He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
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I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
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I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
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He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
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For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
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Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'
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"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
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and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
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I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
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When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
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"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"
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The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."
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But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
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delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
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Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,
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through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
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For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
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Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
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I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
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I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
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Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?
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If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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My defense to those who examine me is this.
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For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
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and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
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For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
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Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
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For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
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I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
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Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.
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Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
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But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
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to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,
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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
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but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision
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(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);
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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
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in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;
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but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
1 à 14 L'apôtre démontre son droit à recevoir son entretien des Eglises.
Le texte reçu place ces deux questions dans un ordre inverse : "Ne suis-je pas apôtre ? ne suis-je pas libre ?" contrairement aux meilleures autorités.
- Paul venait de dire (1Corinthiens 8.13) qu'il se priverait de tout aliment qui pourrait scandaliser son frère. Et pourtant il sait qu'il est libre, aussi libre que ceux qui, à Corinthe, abusaient de leur liberté chrétienne. Bien plus, il est apôtre. Comme apôtre de Jésus-Christ, Paul avait plus encore de liberté et d'autorité que tout autre ; s'il y renonce par charité, son exemple en aura d'autant plus de poids, et humiliera ceux qui s'autorisent de leurs droits pour froisser les consciences faibles. Or, c'est précisément cet exemple de sa vie personnelle qu'il tient à exposer en présence des insinuations de certains adversaires. (verset 3) Il consacre à cela tout ce chapitre, qui n'est point un hors-d'œuvre.
Paul avait probablement vu le Seigneur avant qu'il mourût sur la croix ; mais ce n'est pas de ce temps qu'il parle ici, puisque ce triste privilège, il l'aurait eu en commun avec les ennemis du Sauveur. (Comparer 2Corinthiens 5.16, note.)
Il a vu le Seigneur glorifié (Actes 9.3 et suivants) qui lui est apparu en divers temps, et dont il a reçu des révélations. (Galates 1.1 ; comparez Actes 18.9,10 ; 1Corinthiens 11.23 ; 2Corinthiens 12.1 et suivants)
Il rappelle ces faits pour justifier son caractère apostolique, que niaient ses adversaires en disant qu'il n'avait pas vu le Seigneur, et qu'à cause de cela il ne pouvait pas être le témoin de sa vérité comme les autres apôtres. (Verset 3.) Ainsi parlait sans doute le parti qui se réclamait de Céphas. (1Corinthiens 1.12)
Comme Eglise qu'il avait fondée, et dont les membres avaient été en grande partie amenés par lui à la foi : sceau divin posé par Dieu même sur son apostolat. (verset 2)
- Ce mot dans le Seigneur (versets 1,2) ajoute à la démonstration de l'apôtre quelque chose d'intime et de sacré. Toute son œuvre à l'égard des Corinthiens a eu lieu selon le Seigneur, dans sa communion, en sorte que le Seigneur lui-même en est le témoin et le vrai auteur.
L'apôtre montre son autorité, et affirme son droit à être soutenu matériellement. (1 Corinthiens 9:1-14)
Il n'est pas rare qu’un serviteur de Dieu reçoive des remontrances, malgré sa bonne volonté et les différents services qu’il rend aux autres.Il a restreint sa liberté chrétienne, (quant au mariage), pour le bien des autres. (1 Corinthiens 9:15-23)
Il a opéré tout cela, avec soin et assiduité, en vue d'une future couronne incorruptible. (1 Corinthiens 9:24-27)
Face aux remarques désagréables de quelques-uns, l'apôtre répond, de façon à prouver qu’il se désintéresse de lui-même, pour le bien des autres. Il avait le droit de se marier, comme les autre apôtres, et de réclamer aux églises, le nécessaire, pour son épouse et ses enfants, sans avoir à travailler pour cela.
Ceux qui s’appliquent à chercher le bien de notre âme doivent recevoir une juste rétribution.
Paul a renoncé au droit de se marier, pour ne pas entraver le succès de son ministère. Nous devons soutenir les serviteurs de Dieu. Ces derniers, s’ils le désirent, peuvent éventuellement ne pas se marier, suivant l’exemple de l’apôtre ; ceux qui refusent de soutenir ces hommes de Dieu, transgressent en fait un précepte de Christ...