Acts 15:14
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14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A)
Footnotes
- Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter
2 Peter 1:1
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1 Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)
To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:
Isaiah 43:21
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Romans 11:36
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Romans 1:5
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5 Through him we received grace(A) and apostleship to call all the Gentiles(B) to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(C) for his name’s sake.
Footnotes
- Romans 1:5 Or that is
Acts 15:7-9
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7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.(A) 8 God, who knows the heart,(B) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,(C) just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them,(D) for he purified their hearts by faith.(E)
Luke 2:31-32
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31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”(A)
Luke 1:78
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78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun(A) will come to us from heaven
Luke 1:68
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Isaiah 55:11-13
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11 so is my word(A) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(B)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(C) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(D)
and be led forth in peace;(E)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(F) before you,
and all the trees(G) of the field
will clap their hands.(H)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(I) the myrtle(J) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(K)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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