Bible Cross References
Go
Exodus 4:12-14
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Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say."
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But Moses answered, "No, Lord, please send someone else."
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At this the LORD became angry with Moses and said, "What about your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. In fact, he is now coming to meet you and will be glad to see you.
Jeremiah 1:7
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say.
Jonah 3:1
Once again the LORD spoke to Jonah.
Jonah 3:2
He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you."
a chosen
Acts 13:2
While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them."
Jeremiah 1:5
"I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations."
John 15:16
You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
Romans 1:1
From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.
Romans 9:21-24
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After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use.
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And the same is true of what God has done. He wanted to show his anger and to make his power known. But he was very patient in enduring those who were the objects of his anger, who were doomed to destruction.
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And he also wanted to reveal his abundant glory, which was poured out on us who are the objects of his mercy, those of us whom he has prepared to receive his glory.
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For we are the people he called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles.
Galatians 1:1
From Paul, whose call to be an apostle did not come from human beings or by human means, but from Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from death.
Galatians 1:15
But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided
Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice,
2 Timothy 1:11
God has appointed me as an apostle and teacher to proclaim the Good News,
2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.
2 Timothy 2:20
In a large house there are dishes and bowls of all kinds: some are made of silver and gold, others of wood and clay; some are for special occasions, others for ordinary use.
2 Timothy 2:21
Those who make themselves clean from all those evil things, will be used for special purposes, because they are dedicated and useful to their Master, ready to be used for every good deed.
Revelation 17:14
They will fight against the Lamb; but the Lamb, together with his called, chosen, and faithful followers, will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings."
to bear
Acts 21:19
Paul greeted them and gave a complete report of everything that God had done among the Gentiles through his work.
Acts 22:21
'Go,' the Lord said to me, 'for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "
Acts 26:17-20
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I will rescue you from the people of Israel and from the Gentiles to whom I will send you.
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You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.'
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"And so, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision I had from heaven.
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First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.
Romans 1:5
Through him God gave me the privilege of being an apostle for the sake of Christ, in order to lead people of all nations to believe and obey.
Romans 1:13-15
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You must remember, my friends, that many times I have planned to visit you, but something has always kept me from doing so. I want to win converts among you also, as I have among other Gentiles.
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For I have an obligation to all peoples, to the civilized and to the savage, to the educated and to the ignorant.
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So then, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who live in Rome.
Romans 11:13
I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.
Romans 15:15-21
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But in this letter I have been quite bold about certain subjects of which I have reminded you. I have been bold because of the privilege God has given me
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of being a servant of Christ Jesus to work for the Gentiles. I serve like a priest in preaching the Good News from God, in order that the Gentiles may be an offering acceptable to God, dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit.
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In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.
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I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,
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by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.
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My ambition has always been to proclaim the Good News in places where Christ has not been heard of, so as not to build on a foundation laid by someone else.
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As the scripture says, "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.
Galatians 2:7
On the contrary, they saw that God had given me the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the task of preaching the gospel to the Jews.
Galatians 2:8
For by God's power I was made an apostle to the Gentiles, just as Peter was made an apostle to the Jews.
Ephesians 3:7
I was made a servant of the gospel by God's special gift, which he gave me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:8
I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ,
Colossians 1:25-29
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And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message,
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which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all human beings but has now revealed to his people.
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God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.
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So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
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To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.
1 Timothy 2:7
and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth!
and kings
Acts 25:22-27
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Agrippa said to Festus, "I would like to hear this man myself." "You will hear him tomorrow," Festus answered.
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The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and ceremony and entered the audience hall with the military chiefs and the leading men of the city. Festus gave the order, and Paul was brought in.
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Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are here with us: You see this man against whom all the Jewish people, both here and in Jerusalem, have brought complaints to me. They scream that he should not live any longer.
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But I could not find that he had done anything for which he deserved the death sentence. And since he himself made an appeal to the Emperor, I have decided to send him.
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But I have nothing definite about him to write to the Emperor. So I have brought him here before you---and especially before you, King Agrippa!---so that, after investigating his case, I may have something to write.
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For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him."
Acts 26:1-11
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Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak on your own behalf." Paul stretched out his hand and defended himself as follows:
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"King Agrippa! I consider myself fortunate that today I am to defend myself before you from all the things these Jews accuse me of,
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particularly since you know so well all the Jewish customs and disputes. I ask you, then, to listen to me with patience.
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"All the Jews know how I have lived ever since I was young. They know how I have spent my whole life, at first in my own country and then in Jerusalem.
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They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.
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And now I stand here to be tried because of the hope I have in the promise that God made to our ancestors---
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the very thing that the twelve tribes of our people hope to receive, as they worship God day and night. And it is because of this hope, Your Majesty, that I am being accused by these Jews!
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Why do you who are here find it impossible to believe that God raises the dead?
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"I myself thought that I should do everything I could against the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.
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That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the chief priests and put many of God's people in prison; and when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them.
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Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Acts 27:24
and said, 'Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.'
Matthew 10:18
For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.
2 Timothy 4:16
No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength, so that I was able to proclaim the full message for all the Gentiles to hear; and I was rescued from being sentenced to death.
the children
Acts 28:17-31
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After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders to a meeting. When they had gathered, he said to them, "My fellow Israelites, even though I did nothing against our people or the customs that we received from our ancestors, I was made a prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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After questioning me, the Romans wanted to release me, because they found that I had done nothing for which I deserved to die.
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But when the Jews opposed this, I was forced to appeal to the Emperor, even though I had no accusation to make against my own people.
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That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope."
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They said to him, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of our people come from there with any news or anything bad to say about you.
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But we would like to hear your ideas, because we know that everywhere people speak against this party to which you belong."
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So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.
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Some of them were convinced by his words, but others would not believe.
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So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: "How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!
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For he said, 'Go and say to this people: You will listen and listen, but not understand; you will look and look, but not see,
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because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.' "
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And Paul concluded: "You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!"
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For two years Paul lived in a place he rented for himself, and there he welcomed all who came to see him.
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He preached about the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking with all boldness and freedom.