Acts 13:2-4
2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, athe Holy Spirit said, b“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul cfor the work to which I have called them.” 3Then after fasting and dpraying they laid their hands on them and esent them off.Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus
4So, being sent out fby the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.Acts 22:21
21And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you gfar away to the Gentiles.’”1 Corinthians 12:28-29
28And hGod has appointed in the church first iapostles, second jprophets, third teachers, then kmiracles, then lgifts of healing, mhelping, nadministrating, and ovarious kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?2 Corinthians 5:18-20
18All this is from God, pwho through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us qthe ministry of reconciliation; 19that is, in Christ God was reconciling ▼▼Or God was in Christ, reconciling
the world to himself, snot counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us tthe message of reconciliation. 20Therefore, uwe are ambassadors for Christ, vGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. Ephesians 3:8
8To me, wthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, xto preach to the Gentiles the yunsearchable zriches of Christ,Ephesians 4:11-12
11And aahe gave the abapostles, the prophets, the acevangelists, the adshepherds ▼▼Or pastors
and teachers, ▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers
12 agto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ahbuilding up aithe body of Christ,
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