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.
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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.
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Exodus 4:12
So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
Acts 4:25
Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
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Exodus 28:1
Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;
Numbers 16:5
And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.
Numbers 17:5
And the rod of that man who is marked out by me for myself will have buds on it; so I will put a stop to the outcries which the children of Israel make to me against you.
1 Samuel 2:28
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
Psalms 105:26
He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection.
Acts 22:14
And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.
2 Timothy 2:3
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:4
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
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1 Chronicles 28:4
Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;
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1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
Isaiah 49:6
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
Luke 1:68
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
Luke 2:31
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Luke 2:32
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Luke 3:6
And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
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Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
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Mark 3:18
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
Acts 21:18
And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.
1 Corinthians 15:5
And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;
1 Corinthians 15:6
Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;
1 Corinthians 15:7
Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.
Galatians 1:19
But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
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Joel 2:28
And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:
Zechariah 12:10
And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.
Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.
Acts 2:3
And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.
Acts 2:4
And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
Acts 2:33
And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
Acts 2:39
For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.
Acts 11:15
And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.
Acts 11:16
And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 11:17
If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
Acts 11:18
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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Acts 1:11
And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
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.
Acts 10:28
And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:
Acts 10:34
Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 10:48
And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.
Acts 11:8
But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
Acts 11:11
And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.
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Matthew 9:35
And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.
Matthew 10:35
For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Acts 3:6
But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.
Acts 3:18
But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.
Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Romans 10:18
But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
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Luke 1:2
As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
Acts 6:5
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without protests and arguments;
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1 Samuel 14:45
And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.
1 Samuel 19:5
For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?
2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
John 3:27
And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
Acts 7:25
And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.
Acts 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
Acts 21:19
And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
Romans 15:18
And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Colossians 1:29
And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
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Acts 10:36
The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
Acts 11:19
Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
Acts 12:24
But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
Acts 13:5
And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.
Acts 13:7
Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:3
So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 15:35
But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.
Acts 15:36
And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.
Acts 15:39
And there was a sharp argument between them, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and went by ship to Cyprus;
Acts 16:32
And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.
Acts 19:20
So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
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Acts 13:44
And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.
Acts 13:49
And the word of the Lord went through all the country.
Acts 14:25
And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
Acts 18:11
And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Acts 19:10
And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
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Acts 15:19
For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;
Acts 15:23
And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
Acts 15:24
Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;
Acts 15:26
Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:27
And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.
Acts 15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;
Acts 15:29
To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
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Acts 8:26
But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.
Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.
Acts 9:38
And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.
Acts 10:5
Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,
Acts 10:19
And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.
Acts 10:22
And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.
Acts 10:32
Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.
Acts 16:7
And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
Acts 16:9
And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.
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Matthew 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Corinthians 5:5
That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1 Corinthians 6:1
How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?
1 Corinthians 6:2
Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?
1 Corinthians 6:3
Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?
1 Corinthians 6:4
If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?
2 Corinthians 2:6
Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
3 John 1:9
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
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Galatians 1:6
I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
Galatians 1:7
Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
Galatians 1:8
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
Galatians 1:9
As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
2 Thessalonians 2:2
That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;
Jude 1:3
My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.
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Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
Galatians 2:8
(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);
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