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Actes 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. (niv)
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Actes 9:1
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest (niv)
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Actes 22:19-20
“‘ Lord,’ I replied,‘ these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’ (niv)
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1 Samuel 16 2
But Samuel said,“ How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.” The Lord said,“ Take a heifer with you and say,‘ I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ (niv)
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Romains 15:31
Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, (niv)
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Romains 1:7
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (niv)
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Exode 4:13-19
But Moses said,“ Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said,“ What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.”Then Moses went back to Jethro his father- in- law and said to him,“ Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.” Jethro said,“ Go, and I wish you well.”Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian,“ Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” (niv)
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Jonas 1:2-3
“ Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. (niv)
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Romains 16:2
I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. (niv)
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Actes 9:32
As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda. (niv)
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1 Rois 18 9-1 Rois 18 14
“ What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah,“ that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.But now you tell me to go to my master and say,‘ Elijah is here.’I don’t know where the Spirit of the Lord may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the Lord since my youth.Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.And now you tell me to go to my master and say,‘ Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!” (niv)
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Actes 26:10-11
And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities. (niv)
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Actes 22:4
I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, (niv)
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1 Timothée 1 13-1 Timothée 1 15
Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners— of whom I am the worst. (niv)
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Jérémie 20:9-10
But if I say,“ I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.I hear many whispering,“ Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying,“ Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.” (niv)
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Ezéchiel 3:14
The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord on me. (niv)
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Romains 15:25-26
Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. (niv)
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Matthieu 10:16
“ I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. (niv)
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Romains 16:15
Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them. (niv)
