Acts 15:14
Symeon has told how God at first graciously visited the heathen to take from among them a people to bear His name.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:
Luke 1:68
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has come and brought His people 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 prepared before all peoples,
Acts 15:7-9
After a lengthy discussion Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose among you that through me 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 a commission as an apostle in His name to urge upon all the heathen obedience inspired by faith,
Romans 11:36
For from Him everything comes, through Him everything lives, and for Him everything exists. Glory to Him forever! Amen.
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.