Acts 13:2
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2 One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”
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Galatians 1:15
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15 But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him
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Acts 9:15
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15 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.
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2 Timothy 1:11
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11 And God chose me to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of this Good News.
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1 Corinthians 12:11
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11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
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Romans 1:1
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Greetings from Paul
1 This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.
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1 Timothy 2:7
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7 And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I’m not exaggerating—just telling the truth.
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Acts 22:21
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21 “But the Lord said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!’”
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Acts 14:26
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26 Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to do the work they had now completed.
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
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Colossians 4:17
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17 And say to Archippus, “Be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you.”
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Galatians 2:8-9
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8 For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles.
9 In fact, James, Peter,[a] and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews.
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Luke 2:37
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37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four.[a] She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
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- 2:37 Or She had been a widow for eighty-four years.
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