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Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Acts 9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Acts 22:19-20
And I said,‘ Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
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1 Samuel 16 2
And Samuel said,“ How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said,“ Take a heifer with you and say,‘ I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
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Romans 15:31
that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
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Romans 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Exodus 4:13-19
But he said,“ Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said,“ Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him,“ Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses,“ Go in peace.”And the Lord said to Moses in Midian,“ Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
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Jonah 1:2-3
“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
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Romans 16:2
that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.
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Acts 9:32
Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
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1 Kings 18 9-1 Kings 18 14
And he said,“ How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say,‘ He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.And now you say,‘ Go, tell your lord,“ Behold, Elijah is here.”’And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?And now you say,‘ Go, tell your lord,“ Behold, Elijah is here”’; and he will kill me.”
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Acts 26:10-11
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
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Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
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1 Timothy 1 13-1 Timothy 1 15
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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Jeremiah 20:9-10
If I say,“ I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side!“ Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall.“ Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.”
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Ezekiel 3:14
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
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Romans 15:25-26
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
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Matthew 10:16
“ Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
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Romans 16:15
Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
