Ephesians 2:12-19
At that time you were without any connection with Christ; you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the sacred compacts made by God's promise, with no hope, and no God in the world.
Luke 1:54
He has helped His servant Israel, so as to remember mercy,
Luke 1:72-74
to show mercy to our forefathers, and carry out His sacred covenant,
Luke 2:32
a light of revelation to the heathen, and a glory to your people Israel."
Acts 15:14-17
Symeon has told how God at first graciously visited the heathen to take from among them a people to bear His name.