Acts 13:1-3

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

1Now there were in the church at Antioch aprophets and bteachers, cBarnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,
 Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark
Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of eHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, fthe Holy Spirit said, g“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul hfor the work to which I have called them.” 3Then after fasting and ipraying they laid their hands on them and jsent them off.

1 Timothy 1:18

18This charge kI entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with lthe prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may mwage the good warfare,
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