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Acts 13:2

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FastingPraise and worshipPrayerThe Holy Spirit

1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

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.”

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

4 So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
BLB
Now [in] their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Now set apart unto Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have summoned them.”
ÅB
Mens de holdt gudstjeneste og fastet, sa den Hellige Ånd: Ta ut for meg Barnabas og Saulus til den gjerning som jeg har kalt dem til!
OTB
Mens de tilba og fastet, tjente Herren, talte Den Hellige Ånd: "Sett av Barnabas og Saulus for meg, de skal gjøre det arbeidet jeg har kalt dem til."
B1930
Mens de holdt gudstjeneste og fastet, sa den Hellige Ånd: Ta ut for mig Barnabas og Saulus til den gjerning som jeg har kalt dem til!

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Cross references

  • Galatians 1:15

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

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  • Acts 9:15

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

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:11

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

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  • Romans 1:1

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

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  • 2 Timothy 1:11

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

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  • Acts 14:26

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

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  • Daniel 9:3

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

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  • 1 Timothy 2:7

    For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

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