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Acts 8:3
Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
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Acts 9:1
Now Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest
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Acts 22:19-20
“ But I said,‘ Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten.And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval and guarding the clothes of those who killed him.’
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1 Samuel 16 2
Samuel asked,“ How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” The LORD answered,“ Take a young cow with you and say,‘ I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
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Romans 15:31
Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
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Romans 1:7
To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Exodus 4:13-19
Moses said,“ Please, Lord, send someone else.”Then the LORD’s anger burned against Moses, and he said,“ Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you.You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him,“ Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.” Jethro said to Moses,“ Go in peace.”Now in Midian the LORD told Moses,“ Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”
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Jonah 1:2-3
“ Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the LORD’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the LORD’s presence.
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Romans 16:2
So you should welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and assist her in whatever matter she may require your help. For indeed she has been a benefactor of many— and of me also.
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Acts 9:32
As Peter was traveling from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
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1 Kings 18 9-1 Kings 18 14
But Obadiah said,“ What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said,‘ He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.“ Now you say,‘ Go tell your lord,“ Elijah is here!”’But when I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the LORD, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.Now you say,‘ Go tell your lord,“ Elijah is here!”’ He will kill me!”
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Acts 26:10-11
I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I was in agreement against them.In all the synagogues I often punished them and tried to make them blaspheme. Since I was terribly enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
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Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, arresting and putting both men and women in jail,
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1 Timothy 1 13-1 Timothy 1 15
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”— and I am the worst of them.
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Jeremiah 20:9-10
I say,“ I won’t mention him or speak any longer in his name.” But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I become tired of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.For I have heard the gossip of many people,“ Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!” Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.“ Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.”
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Ezekiel 3:14
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the LORD’s hand was on me powerfully.
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Romans 15:25-26
Right now I am traveling to Jerusalem to serve the saints,because Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
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Matthew 10:16
“ Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.
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Romans 16:15
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
