Acts 13:2 As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

13:2 CSB

逐节对照

Christian Standard Bible - As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
新标点和合本 - 他们侍奉主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召他们所做的工。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们在事奉主和禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗去做我召他们做的工作。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们在事奉主和禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗去做我召他们做的工作。”
当代译本 - 一天，他们正在敬拜主、禁食的时候，圣灵对他们说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，好让他们做我呼召他们去做的事。”
圣经新译本 - 他们事奉主，并且禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，去作我呼召他们作的工。”
中文标准译本 - 他们在服事主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“来，你们把巴拿巴和扫罗为我分别出来，去做我所召唤他们做的工作！”
现代标点和合本 - 他们侍奉主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召他们所做的工。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们侍奉主，禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去作我召他们所作的工。”
New International Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
New International Reader's Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke. “Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me,” he said. “I have appointed them to do special work.”
English Standard Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
New Living Translation - One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”
New American Standard Bible - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
New King James Version - As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Amplified Bible - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work to which I have called them.”
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
World English Bible - As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
新標點和合本 - 他們事奉主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅，去做我召他們所做的工。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們在事奉主和禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅去做我召他們做的工作。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們在事奉主和禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅去做我召他們做的工作。」
當代譯本 - 一天，他們正在敬拜主、禁食的時候，聖靈對他們說：「要為我把巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，好讓他們做我呼召他們去做的事。」
聖經新譯本 - 他們事奉主，並且禁食的時候，聖靈說：“要為我把巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，去作我呼召他們作的工。”
呂振中譯本 - 他們事奉主禁食的時候、聖靈說：『你們總要為我將巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，去作我所呼召他們去作的工。』
中文標準譯本 - 他們在服事主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「來，你們把巴拿巴和掃羅為我分別出來，去做我所召喚他們做的工作！」
現代標點和合本 - 他們侍奉主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅，去做我召他們所做的工。」
文理和合譯本 - 其事主禁食時、聖神曰、為我甄別巴拿巴、掃羅、行我召彼之事、
文理委辦譯本 - 事主禁食時、聖神曰、我召巴拿巴、掃羅、授以職、爾曹當甄別之、以成其事、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 事主禁食時、聖神曰、當為我擇巴拿巴、掃羅、行我召彼所行之事、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 方其禮主齋戒之際、聖神謂之曰：『為我甄別巴拿巴及掃羅、以赴我所命之任務。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Mientras ayunaban y participaban en el culto al Señor, el Espíritu Santo dijo: «Apártenme ahora a Bernabé y a Saulo para el trabajo al que los he llamado».
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 주님을 섬기며 금식할 때 성령께서 “너희는 바나바와 사울을 따로 세워 내가 그들에게 맡긴 일을 하게 하라” 하고 말씀하셨다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Однажды, когда они служили Господу и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Савла для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un jour qu’ils adoraient ensemble le Seigneur et qu’ils jeûnaient, le Saint-Esprit leur dit : Mettez à part pour moi Barnabas et Saul pour l’œuvre à laquelle je les ai appelés.
リビングバイブル - ある日、彼らが礼拝をささげ、断食していると、聖霊が、「バルナバとパウロに、わたしの特別な仕事をさせなさい」と言われました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων εἶπεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρναβᾶν καὶ Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρναβᾶν καὶ Σαῦλον, εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Enquanto adoravam o Senhor e jejuavam, disse o Espírito Santo: “Separem-me Barnabé e Saulo para a obra a que os tenho chamado”.
Hoffnung für alle - Als diese Männer während einer Zeit des Fastens gemeinsam beteten, sprach der Heilige Geist zu ihnen: »Gebt Barnabas und Saulus für die Aufgabe frei, zu der ich sie berufen habe!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hội Thánh đang thờ phượng Chúa và kiêng ăn, Chúa Thánh Linh bảo: “Hãy dành riêng Ba-na-ba và Sau-lơ cho Ta, để làm công việc Ta chỉ định.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ขณะเขาทั้งหลายกำลังนมัสการองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าและอดอาหารพระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์ก็ตรัสว่า “จงตั้งบารนาบัสกับเซาโลไว้สำหรับเราเพื่องานซึ่งเราได้เรียกให้พวกเขาทำ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขณะที่คนเหล่านี้กำลังนมัสการพระผู้เป็นเจ้าและอดอาหารอยู่ พระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์กล่าวว่า “จงแต่งตั้งบาร์นาบัสและเซาโลเพื่อปฏิบัติงานที่เราได้เรียกตัวไว้ใช้”

交叉引用

Acts 10:19 - While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.
Acts 16:6 - They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia; they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Acts 16:7 - When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
Acts 20:28 - Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
2 Corinthians 6:5 - by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
Numbers 8:11 - Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.
Numbers 8:12 - Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
Numbers 8:13 - “You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.
Numbers 8:14 - In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.
Colossians 4:17 - And tell Archippus, “Pay attention to the ministry you have received in the Lord, so that you can accomplish it.”
2 Timothy 4:5 - But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Matthew 6:16 - “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
Hebrews 5:4 - No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.
Romans 10:15 - And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.
1 Corinthians 7:5 - Do not deprive one another — except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Timothy 2:2 - What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
1 Chronicles 16:37 - So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements.
1 Chronicles 16:38 - He assigned Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 16:39 - David left the priest Zadok and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon
1 Chronicles 16:40 - to offer burnt offerings regularly, morning and evening, to the Lord on the altar of burnt offerings and to do everything that was written in the law of the Lord, which he had commanded Israel to keep.
1 Chronicles 16:41 - With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord — for his faithful love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:42 - Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the city gate.
1 Chronicles 16:43 - Then all the people went home, and David returned home to bless his household.
2 Corinthians 11:27 - toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
Matthew 9:14 - Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 9:15 - Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Romans 15:16 - to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 4:11 - Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.
Luke 10:1 - After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
1 Chronicles 16:4 - David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to him.
Acts 6:4 - But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 10:30 - Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me
Acts 13:3 - Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.
1 Samuel 2:11 - Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.
Matthew 9:38 - Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
1 Timothy 2:7 - For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Galatians 2:8 - since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:9 - When James, Cephas, and John — those recognized as pillars — acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Acts 8:29 - The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”
Ephesians 3:7 - I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by 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 Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.
Luke 2:37 - and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
Daniel 9:3 - So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Acts 22:21 - “He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
1 Corinthians 12:11 - One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
Acts 14:26 - From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
2 Timothy 1:11 - For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,
Romans 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God —
Galatians 1:15 - But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Christian Standard Bible - As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
新标点和合本 - 他们侍奉主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召他们所做的工。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们在事奉主和禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗去做我召他们做的工作。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们在事奉主和禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗去做我召他们做的工作。”
当代译本 - 一天，他们正在敬拜主、禁食的时候，圣灵对他们说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，好让他们做我呼召他们去做的事。”
圣经新译本 - 他们事奉主，并且禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，去作我呼召他们作的工。”
中文标准译本 - 他们在服事主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“来，你们把巴拿巴和扫罗为我分别出来，去做我所召唤他们做的工作！”
现代标点和合本 - 他们侍奉主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召他们所做的工。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们侍奉主，禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去作我召他们所作的工。”
New International Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
New International Reader's Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke. “Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me,” he said. “I have appointed them to do special work.”
English Standard Version - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
New Living Translation - One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”
New American Standard Bible - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
New King James Version - As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Amplified Bible - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work to which I have called them.”
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
World English Bible - As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
新標點和合本 - 他們事奉主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅，去做我召他們所做的工。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們在事奉主和禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅去做我召他們做的工作。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們在事奉主和禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅去做我召他們做的工作。」
當代譯本 - 一天，他們正在敬拜主、禁食的時候，聖靈對他們說：「要為我把巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，好讓他們做我呼召他們去做的事。」
聖經新譯本 - 他們事奉主，並且禁食的時候，聖靈說：“要為我把巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，去作我呼召他們作的工。”
呂振中譯本 - 他們事奉主禁食的時候、聖靈說：『你們總要為我將巴拿巴和掃羅分別出來，去作我所呼召他們去作的工。』
中文標準譯本 - 他們在服事主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「來，你們把巴拿巴和掃羅為我分別出來，去做我所召喚他們做的工作！」
現代標點和合本 - 他們侍奉主、禁食的時候，聖靈說：「要為我分派巴拿巴和掃羅，去做我召他們所做的工。」
文理和合譯本 - 其事主禁食時、聖神曰、為我甄別巴拿巴、掃羅、行我召彼之事、
文理委辦譯本 - 事主禁食時、聖神曰、我召巴拿巴、掃羅、授以職、爾曹當甄別之、以成其事、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 事主禁食時、聖神曰、當為我擇巴拿巴、掃羅、行我召彼所行之事、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 方其禮主齋戒之際、聖神謂之曰：『為我甄別巴拿巴及掃羅、以赴我所命之任務。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Mientras ayunaban y participaban en el culto al Señor, el Espíritu Santo dijo: «Apártenme ahora a Bernabé y a Saulo para el trabajo al que los he llamado».
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 주님을 섬기며 금식할 때 성령께서 “너희는 바나바와 사울을 따로 세워 내가 그들에게 맡긴 일을 하게 하라” 하고 말씀하셨다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Однажды, когда они служили Господу и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Савла для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Однажды, когда они совершали служение Вечному Повелителю и постились, Святой Дух сказал: – Отделите мне Варнаву и Шаула для дела, к которому Я их призвал.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un jour qu’ils adoraient ensemble le Seigneur et qu’ils jeûnaient, le Saint-Esprit leur dit : Mettez à part pour moi Barnabas et Saul pour l’œuvre à laquelle je les ai appelés.
リビングバイブル - ある日、彼らが礼拝をささげ、断食していると、聖霊が、「バルナバとパウロに、わたしの特別な仕事をさせなさい」と言われました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων εἶπεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρναβᾶν καὶ Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρναβᾶν καὶ Σαῦλον, εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Enquanto adoravam o Senhor e jejuavam, disse o Espírito Santo: “Separem-me Barnabé e Saulo para a obra a que os tenho chamado”.
Hoffnung für alle - Als diese Männer während einer Zeit des Fastens gemeinsam beteten, sprach der Heilige Geist zu ihnen: »Gebt Barnabas und Saulus für die Aufgabe frei, zu der ich sie berufen habe!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hội Thánh đang thờ phượng Chúa và kiêng ăn, Chúa Thánh Linh bảo: “Hãy dành riêng Ba-na-ba và Sau-lơ cho Ta, để làm công việc Ta chỉ định.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ขณะเขาทั้งหลายกำลังนมัสการองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าและอดอาหารพระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์ก็ตรัสว่า “จงตั้งบารนาบัสกับเซาโลไว้สำหรับเราเพื่องานซึ่งเราได้เรียกให้พวกเขาทำ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขณะที่คนเหล่านี้กำลังนมัสการพระผู้เป็นเจ้าและอดอาหารอยู่ พระวิญญาณบริสุทธิ์กล่าวว่า “จงแต่งตั้งบาร์นาบัสและเซาโลเพื่อปฏิบัติงานที่เราได้เรียกตัวไว้ใช้”

Acts 10:19 - While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.
Acts 16:6 - They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia; they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Acts 16:7 - When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
Acts 20:28 - Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
2 Corinthians 6:5 - by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
Numbers 8:11 - Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the Lord’s work.
Numbers 8:12 - Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
Numbers 8:13 - “You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.
Numbers 8:14 - In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.
Colossians 4:17 - And tell Archippus, “Pay attention to the ministry you have received in the Lord, so that you can accomplish it.”
2 Timothy 4:5 - But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Matthew 6:16 - “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.
Hebrews 5:4 - No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.
Romans 10:15 - And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.
1 Corinthians 7:5 - Do not deprive one another — except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Timothy 2:2 - What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
1 Chronicles 16:37 - So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements.
1 Chronicles 16:38 - He assigned Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 16:39 - David left the priest Zadok and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon
1 Chronicles 16:40 - to offer burnt offerings regularly, morning and evening, to the Lord on the altar of burnt offerings and to do everything that was written in the law of the Lord, which he had commanded Israel to keep.
1 Chronicles 16:41 - With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord — for his faithful love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:42 - Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the city gate.
1 Chronicles 16:43 - Then all the people went home, and David returned home to bless his household.
2 Corinthians 11:27 - toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
Matthew 9:14 - Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 9:15 - Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Romans 15:16 - to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 4:11 - Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.
Luke 10:1 - After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
1 Chronicles 16:4 - David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to him.
Acts 6:4 - But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 10:30 - Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me
Acts 13:3 - Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.
1 Samuel 2:11 - Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.
Matthew 9:38 - Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
1 Timothy 2:7 - For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Galatians 2:8 - since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:9 - When James, Cephas, and John — those recognized as pillars — acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Acts 8:29 - The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”
Ephesians 3:7 - I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by 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 Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.
Luke 2:37 - and was a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
Daniel 9:3 - So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Acts 22:21 - “He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
1 Corinthians 12:11 - One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
Acts 14:26 - From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
2 Timothy 1:11 - For this gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher,
Romans 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God —
Galatians 1:15 - But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased
Acts 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.