7 Bible Verses about First Among The Gentiles

These twelve Jesus sent out and charged them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city of Samaritans,

having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,

Simeon has related how God first visited the gentiles to take a people for his name.

and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know from the first day that I came into Asia, how I was with you at all times,

and [salute] the assembly at their house. Salute Epenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

For we do not stretch ourselves out too far, as if we had not come to you, for we came even to you with the gospel of Christ;