8 Bible Verses about Foreigners Saved By Faith

through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

The Scripture foresaw that God would accept the heathen as upright in consequence of their faith, and preached the good news in advance to Abraham in the words, "All the heathen will be blessed through you."

As for the heathen who have become believers, we have written them our decision that they must avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, the tasting of blood, the meat of strangled animals, and immorality."

Then what do we conclude? That heathen who were not striving for uprightness attained it, that is, an uprightness which was produced by faith;

When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

The apostles and brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen had also accepted God's message,

When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

After a long discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose that of you all I should be the one from whose lips the heathen should hear the message of the good news and believe it.