Acts 15:14
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14 (A)Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.
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2 Peter 1:1
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Greeting the Faithful
1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and (A)apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have [a]obtained (B)like[b] precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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- 2 Peter 1:1 received
- 2 Peter 1:1 faith of the same value
Acts 15:7-9
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7 And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: (A)“Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 So God, (B)who knows the heart, [a]acknowledged them by (C)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, 9 (D)and made no distinction between us and them, (E)purifying their hearts by faith.
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- Acts 15:8 bore witness to
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (B)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
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Luke 2:31-32
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31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,
32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Isaiah 43:21
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Romans 1:5
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5 Through Him (A)we have received grace and apostleship for (B)obedience to the faith among all nations (C)for His name,
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Isaiah 55:11-13
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11 (A)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (B)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
12 “For(C) you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall (D)break forth into singing before you,
And (E)all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 (F)Instead of (G)the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord (H)for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
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- Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit
Romans 11:36
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36 For (A)of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, (B)to whom be glory forever. Amen.
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Luke 1:78
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Luke 1:68
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