17 Bible Verses about People Sending People

for I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

I tell you most truly, the servant is not greater than his lord, nor the apostle greater than he that sent him.

And while Peter doubted with himself what the vision which he had seen meant, behold, even [then] the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

And a report concerning them was brought to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch;

Then having fasted and prayed and imposed hands on them, they sent them forth.

They, therefore, being sent forward by the church, went to Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the gentiles, and caused great joy to all the brothers.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with all the assembly [the church], to send delegates from themselves to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,

it seemed good to us, being of one opinion, to send delegates to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

And having staid [some] time, they were dismissed in peace by the brothers to those that sent them.

But Paul choosing Silas went out, commended to the favor of the Lord by the brothers.

And sending two that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a time in Asia.

For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.

and perhaps remain and spend the winter, that you may send me forward wherever I go.

let no one therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me; for I look for him with the brothers.

and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved in many services to be diligent, and who is now much more diligent from the great confidence in you.

But I sent the brothers, that our boasting of you may not be in vain in this respect, as I said you were prepared,