{Delivering thee} (exairoumenos se). Present middle
participle of exaire(935c), old verb and usually so rendered, but
the old Greek also uses it for "choose" as also in LXX ( Isa
48:10 ). The papyri give examples of both meanings and either
makes good sense here. God was continually rescuing Paul "out of
the hands of Jews and Gentiles and Paul was a chosen vessel"
( 9:15 ). Modern scholars are also divided.