Acts 15:7
and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.
Acts 15:2
As a sharp dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas, along with some others of their number, should go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and presbyters at Jerusalem about this question.
Acts 10:20
Come, get up and go down, and have no hesitation about accompanying them, for it is I who have sent them."
Matthew 16:18-19
Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.
John 3:27
John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.
John 15:16
You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.
Acts 1:16
"My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Acts 1:24
and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen
Acts 4:25
who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire?
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.
Acts 10:5-6
You must now send some men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is surnamed Peter;
Acts 10:32-48
You must send to Joppa and summon Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon a tanner beside the sea.'
Acts 11:12-18
The Spirit told me to have no hesitation in accompanying them; these six brothers went with me as well, and we entered the man's house.
Acts 13:2
As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Acts 15:39
So in irritation they parted company, Barnabas taking Mark with him and sailing for Cyprus,
Acts 20:24
But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 10:17-18
(You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.)
Galatians 2:7-9
On the contrary, when they saw I had been entrusted with the gospel for the benefit of the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been for the circumcised
Philippians 2:14
In all that you do, avoid grumbling and disputing,