Acts 21:14

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When he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'

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  • Luke 22:42 : 42 He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done."
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will."
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done."
  • Matt 6:10 : 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 He said to them, 'When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what he thinks is best."
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 Then the king said to Zadok, 'Take the Ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place again.' 26 'But if He says, “I have no delight in you,” here I am—let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.'
  • 2 Kgs 20:19 : 19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good," for he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"

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  • Acts 21:12-13
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    12When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

  • Acts 21:15
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    15After these days, we made preparations and went up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 18:20-21
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    20When they asked him to stay longer with them, he declined.

    21But as he left, he said, 'I will return to you, God willing.' Then he set sail from Ephesus.

  • Acts 21:4-7
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    4There we found some disciples and stayed with them for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept urging Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5When our time there was completed, we left and continued on our journey. All the disciples, along with their wives and children, escorted us out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed together,

    6and said our farewells. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned to their homes.

    7After completing our voyage from Tyre, we arrived in Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers and sisters there and stayed with them for a day.

  • Acts 19:30
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    30Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 16:10
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    10After Paul saw the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

  • Acts 19:21
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    21After these events were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

  • Acts 27:15
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    15The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.

  • Acts 28:14-15
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    14There we found some fellow believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

    15From there, the brothers and sisters, having heard about us, came as far as Appius Forum and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God and was encouraged.

  • Acts 27:25-26
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    25So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just as I was told.

    26But we must run aground on some island.

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to remain in Athens alone.

  • Acts 14:18-19
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

  • Acts 28:24-25
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    24Some were convinced by what he said, but others did not believe.

    25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:'

  • Heb 6:3
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    3And we will do this, if God permits.

  • Jas 4:15
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    15Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'

  • Acts 15:11
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    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

  • Acts 22:21
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    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 14:22
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    22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'

  • Phlm 1:14
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    14But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of compulsion but of your own free will.

  • Acts 27:11
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    11But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the owner of the ship than by what Paul said.

  • Acts 16:7
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    7When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

  • Acts 20:13
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    13But we went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we intended to take Paul on board, for that was his arrangement since he planned to travel there on foot.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22'And now, behold, I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.'

  • 1 Sam 14:9
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    9If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come to you,' we will stay in our place and not go up to them.

  • Acts 15:28
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    28For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you except these necessary things:

  • Acts 27:7
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    7We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. Because the wind did not allow us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

  • Acts 21:17
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    17When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters welcomed us warmly.

  • Acts 15:36
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    36After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."

  • Acts 15:34
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    34But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.

  • Acts 17:33
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    33At that, Paul left the assembly.

  • Acts 15:38
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    38but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

  • Acts 4:20
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    20'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'

  • Acts 27:43
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    43But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

  • Acts 13:46
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    46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 11:17
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    17If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way?

  • Acts 27:21
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    21After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not set sail from Crete, thereby avoiding this disaster and loss.