Acts 15:14
Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;
Luke 1:68
"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,
Luke 1:78
"Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high,
Luke 2:31-32
Which you have set before all the nations,
Acts 15:7-9
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.
Romans 1:5
through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,
Romans 11:36
For from him everything comes; through him everything exists; and in him everything ends! Glory to him forever! Amen.
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;