So after sending two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

I am sending him to you for this very reason, to let you know how we are and to encourage your hearts.

I am sending him back to you as a part of myself.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger
ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.