Acts 15:14

Symeon has explained how it was God's original concern to secure a People from among the Gentiles to bear his Name.

2 Peter 1:1

Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:

Luke 1:68

"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption;

Luke 1:78

by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,

Luke 2:31-32

which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

Acts 15:7-9

and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.

Romans 1:5

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

Romans 11:36

All comes from him, all lives by him, all ends in him. Glory to him for ever, Amen!

1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Bible References

Declared

Acts 15:7
and a keen controversy sprang up; but Peter rose and said to them, "Brothers, you are well aware that from the earliest days God chose that of you all I should be the one by whom the Gentiles were to hear the word of the gospel and believe it.
Luke 1:68
"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption;
Luke 2:31
which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

To take

Romans 1:5
through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,
Romans 11:36
All comes from him, all lives by him, all ends in him. Glory to him for ever, Amen!
1 Peter 2:9
But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.