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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him,“ Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.
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Acts 6:7
So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
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Romans 16:26
but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all nations—
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
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1 Corinthians 15 10
But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.
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Malachi 1:11
“ For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.
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Acts 1:25
to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”
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Ephesians 1:12
so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.
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Romans 15:18-19
For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.
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1 Timothy 1 11-1 Timothy 1 12
based on the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry—
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Romans 15:15-16
Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of the grace given me by Godto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of God’s good news. My purpose is that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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Hebrews 5:9
After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for 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 seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Galatians 1:15-16
But when God, who from my birth set me apart 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 immediately consult with anyone.
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Ephesians 3:2-9
you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you?The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above.By reading this you are able to understand my insight about the mystery of the Messiah.This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.This grace was given to me— the least of all the saints— to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who 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 for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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John 1:16
Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness,
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Romans 3:29
Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too,
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Galatians 2:8-9
since the One at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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2 Corinthians 3 5-2 Corinthians 3 6
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.
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Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved.
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2 Corinthians 10 4-2 Corinthians 10 6
since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish argumentsand every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.
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Acts 15:14
Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.
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Malachi 1:14
“ The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts,“ and My name will be feared among the nations.
