'Ask' in the Bible

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

This is all I want to ask of you: did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying [the requirements of] the Law, or was it the result of hearing [the message of salvation and] with faith [believing it]?

I ask you, brothers, become like me, because I also [have become] like you. You have done me no [wrong]!

I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.