Acts 13:2

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

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

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

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just comple

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and pray

For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles

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

And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to t

The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do

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

David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise

After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the regio

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”

Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing

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

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come to

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the chu

So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly acc

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles migh

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

and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

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

No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.

in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was a