Acts 15:14
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14 (A)Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them (B)a people for his name.
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2 Peter 1:1
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Greeting
1 Simeon[a] Peter, a servant[b] and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained (A)a faith of equal standing with ours (B)by the righteousness of our (C)God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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- 2 Peter 1:1 Some manuscripts Simon
- 2 Peter 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Acts 15:7-9
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7 And after there had been much (A)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, (B)that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear (C)the word of (D)the gospel and believe. 8 And God, (E)who knows the heart, (F)bore witness to them, (G)by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 9 and (H)he made no distinction between us and them, (I)having cleansed their hearts (J)by faith.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light. 10 (H)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Luke 2:31-32
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31 (A)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 (B)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and (C)for glory to (D)your people Israel.”
Isaiah 43:21
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21 the people whom I formed for myself
(A)that they might declare my praise.
Romans 1:5
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5 through whom (A)we have received grace and (B)apostleship (C)to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name (D)among all the nations,
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Isaiah 55:11-13
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11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but (A)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 (B)“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
(C)the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 (D)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Romans 11:36
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36 For (A)from him and through him and to him are all things. (B)To him be glory forever. Amen.
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Luke 1:68
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