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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him,“ Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
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Acts 6:7
The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
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Romans 16:26
but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.
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1 Corinthians 15 10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
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Malachi 1:11
For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD who rules over all.
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Acts 1:25
to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
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Ephesians 1:12
so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.
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Romans 15:18-19
For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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1 Timothy 1 11-1 Timothy 1 12
This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,
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Romans 15:15-16
But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by Godto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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Hebrews 5:9
And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
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1 Corinthians 9 2
If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Galatians 1:15-16
But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleasedto 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,
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Ephesians 3:2-9
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christand to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
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1 Peter 2 9-1 Peter 2 10
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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John 1:16
For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
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Romans 3:29
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!
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Galatians 2:8-9
( for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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2 Corinthians 3 5-2 Corinthians 3 6
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
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2 Corinthians 10 4-2 Corinthians 10 6
for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down argumentsand every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.
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Acts 15:14
Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
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Malachi 1:14
“ There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD who rules over all,“ and my name is awesome among the nations.”