Acts 13:2

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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me. I want them to do the work for which I called them.”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:4

David appointed some Levites to serve in front of the Lord’s ark by offering prayers, thanks, and praise to the Lord God of Israel.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites. They put on sad faces to make it obvious that they’re fasting. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.

Matthew 9:38

So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops.”

Luke 10:1

After this, the Lord appointed 70  other disciples to go ahead of him to every city and place that he intended to go. They were to travel in pairs.

Luke 2:37

and she had been a widow for 84 years. Anna never left the temple courtyard but worshiped day and night by fasting and praying.

Acts 10:19

Peter was still thinking about the vision when the Spirit said to him, “Three men are looking for you.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius answered, “Four days ago I was praying at home. It was at this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man dressed in radiant clothes stood in front of me.

Acts 13:3

After fasting and praying, Simeon, Lucius, and Manaen placed their hands on Barnabas and Saul, and released them ⌞from their work in Antioch⌟.

Acts 13:4

After Barnabas and Saul were sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to the city of Seleucia and from there sailed to the island of Cyprus.

Acts 14:26

From Attalia they took a boat and headed home to the city of Antioch ⌞in Syria⌟. (In Antioch they had been entrusted to God’s care  for the work they had now finished.)

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.

Acts 22:21

“But the Lord told me, ‘Go! I’ll send you on a mission. You’ll go far away to people who aren’t Jewish.’ ”

Acts 4:36

Joseph, a descendant of Levi, had been born on the island of Cyprus. The apostles called him Barnabas, which means “a person who encourages.”

Acts 6:4

However, we will devote ourselves to praying and to serving in ways that are related to the word.”

Acts 8:29

The Spirit said to Philip, “Go to that carriage, and stay close to it.”

Acts 9:15

The Lord told Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and appointed to spread the Good News of God.

Romans 10:15

How can people tell the Good News if no one sends them? As Scripture says, “How beautiful are the feet of the messengers who announce the Good News.”

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of Christ Jesus to people who are not Jewish. I serve as a priest by spreading the Good News of God. I do this in order that I might bring the nations to God as an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:11

There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you.

2 Corinthians 11:27

Because I’ve had to work so hard, I’ve often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, and gone without food and without proper clothes during cold weather.

2 Corinthians 6:5

beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights, and lack of food.

Galatians 1:15

But God, who appointed me before I was born and who called me by his kindness, was pleased

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this Good News through God’s kindness freely given to me when his power worked ⌞in me⌟.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s promise, to stand in the Lord’s presence when they serve him as priests, and to praise his name, as they still do today.

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus to complete all the work that he started as the Lord’s servant.

1 Timothy 2:7

I was appointed to spread this Good News and to be an apostle to teach people who are not Jewish about faith and truth. I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying.

2 Timothy 1:11

I was appointed to be a messenger of this Good News, an apostle, and a teacher.

2 Timothy 2:2

You’ve heard my message, and it’s been confirmed by many witnesses. Entrust this message to faithful individuals who will be competent to teach others.

2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you. He is useful to me in my work.

2 Timothy 4:5

But you must keep a clear head in everything. Endure suffering. Do the work of a missionary. Devote yourself completely to your work.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honor for himself. Instead, God calls him as he called Aaron.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy ⌞Samuel⌟ served the Lord under the priest Eli.