Acts 15:14
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
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Acts 15:14
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
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Acts 15:15
And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,
Acts 15:16
After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete:
Acts 15:17
So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
Acts 15:18
Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
Amos 9:11
In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;
Amos 9:12
So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.
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2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
Acts 15:7
And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
Acts 15:8
And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
Acts 15:10
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
Acts 15:11
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Acts 15:12
And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.
Acts 15:13
And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:
Matthew 4:18
And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Luke 24:34
And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.
Acts 2:14
But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
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Luke 1:68
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
Luke 19:44
And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
Genesis 21:1
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
Exodus 3:16
Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
Exodus 4:31
And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.
Job 7:18
And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?
Hebrews 2:6
But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
Exodus 19:5
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:19
And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
Psalms 29:11
The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
Psalms 78:52
But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.
Psalms 100:3
Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
Isaiah 43:21
Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Revelation 21:3
And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
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Romans 1:5
Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Malachi 1:11
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:15
Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;
Ephesians 2:16
And that the two might come into agreement with God in one body through the cross, so putting an end to that division.
Ephesians 2:17
And he came preaching peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near;
Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
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