Romans 1:13
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13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you, as I have among the rest of the gentiles.
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Acts 19:21
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The Riot in Ephesus
21 Now after these things had been accomplished, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go through Macedonia and Achaia and then to go on to Jerusalem. He said, “After I have gone there, I must also see Rome.”(A)
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Philippians 4:17
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17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit[a] that accumulates to your account.(A)
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- 4.17 Gk fruit
2 Timothy 4:17
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17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
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The Coming of the Lord
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died,[a] so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
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- 4.13 Gk are asleep
1 Thessalonians 2:18
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18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:8
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8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.(A)
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1 Corinthians 12:1
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Spiritual Gifts
12 Now concerning spiritual gifts,[a] brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.(A)
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- 12.1 Or spiritual persons
1 Corinthians 10:1
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Warnings from Israel’s History
10 I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,(A)
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Romans 15:22-28
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Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
22 This is the reason that I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, with no further place for me in these regions, I desire, as I have for many years, to come to you(A) 24 when I go to Spain. For I do hope to see you on my journey and to be sent on by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little while. 25 At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem in a ministry to the saints,(B) 26 for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to share their resources with the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.(C) 27 They were pleased to do this, and indeed they owe it to them, for if the gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material things.(D) 28 So, when I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,[a] I will set out by way of you to Spain,
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- 15.28 Gk have sealed to them this fruit
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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Colossians 1:6
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6 that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.(A)
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Romans 11:25
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All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.(A)
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John 15:16
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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.(A)
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John 4:36
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36 The reaper is already receiving[a] wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.(A)
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. . . the fields are already ripe for harvesting. The reaper is receiving
2 Thessalonians 2:7
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7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.(A) 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews(B)
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1 Thessalonians 1:8-10
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8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it.(A) 9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(B) 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(C)
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2 Corinthians 10:13-16
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13 We, however, will not boast beyond limits but will keep within the field that God has assigned to us, to reach out even as far as you. 14 For we were not overstepping our limits when we reached you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the good news[a] of Christ.(A) 15 We do not boast beyond limits, that is, in the labors of others, but our hope is that, as your faith increases, our field among you may be greatly enlarged, 16 so that we may proclaim the good news[b] in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in someone else’s field.
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2 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.[a]
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- 2.14 Gk the fragrance of the knowledge of him
2 Corinthians 1:15-16
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15 Since I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double favor;[a](A) 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on to Judea.(B)
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities read joy
1 Corinthians 9:2
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2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.(A)
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Romans 15:18-20
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18 For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit,[a] so that from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(A) 20 Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation,(B)
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- 15.19 Other ancient authorities read the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit
Acts 21:19
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19 After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the gentiles through his ministry.(A)
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Acts 15:12
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12 The whole assembly kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the gentiles.(A)
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