Acts 18:9
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9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,(A)
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Acts 23:11
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11 That night the Lord stood near him and said, “Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome.”(A)
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Ezekiel 2:6-8
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6 And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.(A) 7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.(B)
8 “But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”(C)
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Ephesians 6:19-20
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19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[a](A) 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.(B)
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- 6.19 Other ancient authorities lack of the gospel
Acts 27:23-25
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23 For last night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,(A) 24 and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before the emperor, and, indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are sailing with you.’(B) 25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.(C)
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2 Corinthians 12:1-3
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Paul’s Visions and Revelations
12 It is necessary to boast; nothing is to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows.(A) 3 And I know that such a person—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows—
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Acts 16:9
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9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.(A)
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Micah 3:8
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8 But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression
and to Israel his sin.(A)
Jeremiah 1:17
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17 But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them.(A)
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Jonah 3:2
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2 “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”
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Ezekiel 3:9-11
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9 Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”(A) 10 He said to me, “Mortal, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears; 11 then go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear or refuse to hear.”(B)
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Isaiah 58:1
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False and True Worship
58 Shout out; do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.(A)
Acts 22:18
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18 and saw Jesus[a] saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
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