Acts 21:14
And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.
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- Luke 22:42 : 42 Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.
- Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
- Matt 26:42 : 42 Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.
- Matt 6:10 : 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
- Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.
- Gen 43:14 : 14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
- 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
- 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again: 26 But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
- 2 Kgs 20:19 : 19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?
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- Acts 21:12-132 verses78%
12And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.
13Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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15And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 18:20-212 verses73%
20And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
21And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.
- Acts 21:4-74 verses72%
4And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
5And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
6We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.
7And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.
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30And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.
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10And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.
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21Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
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15And when the ship got into the grip of it, and was not able to make headway into the wind, we gave way, and went before it.
- Acts 28:14-152 verses70%
14Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.
15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.
- Acts 27:25-262 verses70%
25And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.
26But we will be sent on to a certain island.
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11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.
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1At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,
- Acts 14:18-192 verses69%
18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.
19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
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19For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;
- Acts 28:24-252 verses69%
24And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.
25And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,
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3Now we will do this, if God lets us.
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15But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.
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11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
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5And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.
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21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
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22Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
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14But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
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11But the captain gave more attention to the master and the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
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7And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
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13But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.
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19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
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22And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:
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9If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.
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28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;
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7And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;
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17And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.
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36And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.
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33And so Paul went away from among them.
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38But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.
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20For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
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43But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:
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46Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
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17If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
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21And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.