Acts 13:2
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2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”(A)
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Galatians 1:15
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15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(A)
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities read God
Acts 9:15
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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;(A)
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2 Timothy 1:11
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11 For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,[a](A)
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- 1.11 Other ancient authorities add of the gentiles
1 Corinthians 12:11
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11 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.(A)
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Romans 1:1
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Salutation
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
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1 Timothy 2:7
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7 For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth;[a] I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.(A)
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- 2.7 Other ancient authorities add in Christ
Acts 22:21
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21 Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the gentiles.’ ”(A)
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Acts 14:26
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26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work[a] that they had completed.(A)
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- 14.26 Or committed in the grace of God to the work
Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Colossians 4:17
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17 And say to Archippus, “See that you complete the task that you have received in the Lord.”(A)
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Galatians 2:8-9
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8 (for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.(A)
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Luke 2:37
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37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:11
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Eli’s Wicked Sons
11 Then they left him there before the Lord and went[a] home to Ramah, while the boy remained to minister to the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.(A)
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- 2.11 Gk: Heb Then Elkanah went
2 Timothy 2:2
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2 and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.(A)
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Ephesians 3:7
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7 Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power.
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Acts 16:6-7
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Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia
6 They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.(A) 7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;(B)
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Acts 13:3
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3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.(A)
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Acts 10:30
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30 Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.
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Acts 10:19
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19 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Look, three[a] men are searching for you.(A)
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- 10.19 One ancient authority reads two; others lack the word
Acts 8:29
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29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.”(A)
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Matthew 9:38
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38 therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
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Matthew 9:14-15
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The Question about Fasting
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,[a] but your disciples do not fast?”(A) 15 And Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.(B)
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- 9.14 Other ancient authorities lack often
Matthew 6:16
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Concerning Fasting
16 “And whenever you fast, do not look somber, like the hypocrites, for they mark their faces to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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Deuteronomy 10:8
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8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.(A)
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