Acts 13:2 - New International Version (Anglicised)

² While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate now for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Common English Bible

² As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to the work I have called them to undertake.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Now as they were ministering for the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them: "Separate Saul and Barnabas for me, for the work for which I have selected them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them.

Acts 13:2 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 16:4

He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to extol, thank, and praise the Lord, the God of Israel:

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 17:21

Matthew 6:16

‘When you fast, do not look sombre as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

Matthew 9:38

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’

Luke 10:1

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

Luke 2:37

and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying.

Acts 10:19

While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, ‘Simon, three men are looking for you.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius answered: ‘Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me

Acts 13:3

So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 13:4

The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

Acts 14:26

From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

Acts 22:21

‘Then the Lord said to me, “Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.”  ’

Acts 4:36

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means ‘son of encouragement’),

Acts 6:4

and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.’

Acts 8:29

The Spirit told Philip, ‘Go to that chariot and stay near it.’

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to Ananias, ‘Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God –

Romans 10:15

And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have laboured and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

2 Corinthians 6:5

in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

Colossians 4:17

Tell Archippus: ‘See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.’

1 Timothy 2:7

And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle – I am telling the truth, I am not lying – and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 1:11

And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5

But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Hebrews 5:4

And no-one takes this honour on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest.