1Sa 8:7, Act 15:4, 22-23, 1Cor 9:19-23, Gal 2:2, Phile 8-9 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Samuel , Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, ^afor they have not rejected you, ^bbut they have rejected me from being king over them.

Acts 15:4

4 ^cWhen they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and ^dthe apostles and the elders, and ^ethey declared all that God had done with them.

Acts 15:22-23

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

22 Then it seemed good to ^fthe apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called ^gBarsabbas, and ^hSilas, leading men among ⁱthe brothers, 23 with the following letter: ^j“The brothers, both ^kthe apostles and the elders, to the brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36} who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, ^mgreetings.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

19 For ⁿthough I am free from all, ^oI have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^pwin more of them. 20 ^qTo the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To ^rthose outside the law I became ^sas one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^tunder the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 ^uTo the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^vI have become all things to all people, that ^wby all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^xthat I may share with them in its blessings.

Galatians 2:2

2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those ^ywho seemed influential) the gospel that ^zI proclaim among the Gentiles, ^aain order to make sure I was not running or had not ^abrun in vain.

Philemon 8-9

Paul’s Plea for Onesimus

8 Accordingly, ^acthough I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do ^adwhat is required, 9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now ^aea prisoner also for Christ Jesus—