For God appointed us not to reap His wrath but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

to see how faithful He was to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all the house of God.

For every high priest who is taken from men is appointed to officiate on behalf of men in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sin-offerings.

So Christ too did not take upon Himself the glory of being appointed High Priest, but it was God who said: "You are my Son; I have today become your Father,"

And by so much as He was not appointed without God's taking an oath --

And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

not by all the people but by witnesses whom God had beforehand appointed, namely, by us who ate and drank with Him after His resurrection from the dead.

He also ordered us to proclaim to the people and solemnly to testify that this is the One whom God has appointed to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

and he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to learn His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear Him speak,

So now you know the power that is holding him back, that he is to be unveiled at His own appointed time.

and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.

Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

but in these latter days He has spoken to us through a Son, whom He had appointed lawful owner of everything, and through whom He had made the worlds.

And it is still more overwhelmingly clear, since a different priest in the likeness of Melchizedek is appointed,

who is appointed not on the basis of a physical qualification but on the basis of a power flowing from a life that cannot end.

for the Levitical priests were appointed without His taking an oath, but He with His oath, when He said to Him: "The Lord took oath and will not change, You are a priest forever" --

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; so this High Priest too must have some sacrifice to offer,

and: "A stone for them to stumble over and a rock to trip them up." They keep on stumbling over the message, because they are disobedient to it, and this is their appointed doom.

And He appointed the Twelve, to whom He gave the title, apostles, to be with Him, to send them forth to preach,

The Twelve whom He appointed were: Peter, the name which He gave to Simon,

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.

You have not chosen me; I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, that your fruit may remain too, so that the Father may grant you, as bearers of my name, whatever you ask Him for.

and He may send back Jesus, the Christ who long ago was appointed for you.

There is no salvation by anyone else, for no one else in all the wide world has been appointed among men as our only medium by which to be saved."

and delivered him from all his troubles, and allowed him to win favor and to show wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and so he appointed Joseph governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

So, on a day appointed, Herod, dressed in his royal robes, took his seat on his throne, and made them a popular address,

From one forefather He made every nation of mankind, for living all over the face of the earth, fixing their appointed times and the limits of their lands,

since He has set a day on which He will justly judge the world through a man whom He has appointed. He has made this credible to all by raising Him from the dead."

so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,