Acts 13:2

Weymouth NT

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, »Set apart for Me, now at once, Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.«

Cross References

Matthew 17:21

But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting.«

Matthew 6:16

»When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.«

Matthew 9:38

therefore entreat the Owner of the Harvest to send out reapers into His fields.«

Luke 10:1

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

Luke 2:37

There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life,

Acts 10:19

And Peter was still earnestly thinking over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, »Three men are now inquiring for you.

Acts 10:30

»Just at this hour, three days ago,« replied Cornelius, »I was offering afternoon prayer in my house, when suddenly a man in shining raiment stood in front of me,

Acts 13:3

So, after fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands, they let them go.

Acts 13:4

They therefore, being thus sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleuceia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.

Acts 14:26

Thence they sailed to Antioch, where they had previously been commended to the grace of God in connexion with the work which they had now completed.

Acts 20:28

»Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.«

Acts 22:21

»`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'«

Acts 4:36

In this way Joseph, whom the Apostles gave the name of Bar-nabas –signifying `Son of Encouragement'– a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

Acts 6:4

But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message.«

Acts 8:29

Then the Spirit said to Philip, »Go and enter that chariot.«

Acts 9:15

»Go,« replied the Lord; »he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

Romans 10:15

And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, »How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good!«

Romans 15:16

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice –namely the Gentiles– may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) an offering which the Holy Spirit has made holy.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.

2 Corinthians 6:5

by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;

Galatians 1:15

But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,

Ephesians 3:7

in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.

Colossians 4:17

And tell Archippus to discharge carefully the duties devolving upon him as a servant of the Lord.

1 Timothy 2:7

and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 2:2

All that you have been taught by me in the hearing of many witnesses, you must hand on to trusty men who shall themselves, in turn, be competent to instruct others also.

2 Timothy 4:11

Luke is the only friend I now have with me. Call for Mark on your way and bring him with you, for he is a great help to me in my ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5

But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.

Hebrews 5:4

And no one takes this honourable office upon himself, but only accepts it when called to it by God, as Aaron was.