Acts 11:18

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Summary

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

And glorified

Hath

Granted

General references

Luke 2:20

Galatians 1:24

Bible References

And glorified

Being, therefore, con ducted on their journey by the church, they passed through Phenicia and Samaria, making known the conversion of the Gentiles; and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him: You see, brother, how many myriads of the Jews there are that believe, and they are all zealous for the law.

And we all, with unvailed face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Lord the Spirit.

And they glorified God in me.

Hath

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.

And having come and called together the church, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the Gen tiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call on him:

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.

for you are all the sons of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:

For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands;

which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Granted

Repent, therefore, and turn, in order that your sins may be blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:

bearing full testimony both to Jews and to Greeks, of the repentance that leads to God, and of the faith that leads to our Lord Jesus Christ.

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call on him:

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.

For godly sorrow works repentance not to be regretted, which leads to salvation: but the sorrow of the world works death.

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren;

General references

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been told to them.

And they glorified God in me.