36 Bible Verses about Gentiles

And certain of them were persuaded, and were assigned by lot to Paul and Silas; and of worshipping Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the first women.

Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart; Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.

Therefore be ye not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, What shall we put round us? For all these the nations seek for; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.

That ye were in that time without Christy alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners from the covenants of solemn promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

But, that what things they sacrifice the nations sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I will not ye be partakers of demons.

And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.

And believers of the circumcision were affected in mind, as many as came with Peter, that also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out.

And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.

And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet; and great voices were in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world were our Lord's, and his Christ's; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

And the apostles and brethren, those being in Judea, heard that the nations also received the word of God.

And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.

Ye know that ye were the nations, to dumb idols, as ye were led, being carried away.

Who changed the truth of God into a falsehood, and reverenced and served the creation above him creating, who is praised forever. Amen.

And Paul and Barnabas speaking freely, said, To you was it first necessary for the word of God to be spoken: but since ye reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations.

These twelve Jesus sent, having announced to them, saying, Go not in the way of the nations, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

And repentance and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

For the fainting not to what the straits to her according to the time of the first he made light the land of Zebulon and the land of Naphtali; and afterward he made heavy the way of the sea beyond Jordan of Galilee of the nations.

Put fear to them, O Jehovah: the nations shall know they are man. Silence.

For to Jehovah the kingdom, and he rules among the nations.

Whom he also called us, not only from the Jews, but also of the nations?

Affliction and distress, upon every soul of man working evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek;

What advantage therefore have we? Not in any way: for we before accused both Jews and Greeks, all to be under sin.

Not in the passion of eager desire, as also the nations not knowing God:

Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened.

For he is our peace, having made both one, and having loosed the middle partition wall of the enclosure;

And the court-yard that without the temple throw out, and thou mayest not measure it: for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.

Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.

And as they chose not to have God in knowledge, God delivered them to an adulterated purpose, to do things not fitting; Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity, Whisperers, slanderers, odious to God, abusers of power, proud, tumultuous, inventors of injuries, disobedient to parents, read more.
Destitute of understanding, unsteady, devoid of natural affection, implacable, merciless: Who knowing the justice of God, that they doing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve those doing.

According to the doings of the land of Egypt where ye dwelt in it, ye shall not do: and according to the doings of the land of Canaan where I brought you there, ye shall not do: and in their laws ye shall not go.

Thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not learn according to the way of the nations, and from the signs of the heavens ye shall not be terrified; for the nations will be terrified from them.

Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins.

The adversary spread out his hand upon all her delights, for she saw the nations came in to her holy place, which thou didst command they shall not come in to the convocation to thee.

And he will say, O Jehovah God of our fathers, art thou not he the God in the heavens? and thou art ruling over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand power and strength, and none to stand with thee?

God reigned over the nations; God sat upon his holy throne.

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for the uncircumcised shall no more add to come into thee, and the unclean.

And Jonathan will say to the boy lifting up his arms, Come, and we will pass over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will do for us: for no restraining to Jehovah to save by a multitude or by few.

And the Lord said to him, Go: for he is a vessel of choice to me, to lift up my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel:

But on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of uncircumcision, as Peter of circumcision; (For be having been energetic in Peter for the mission of circumcision, was energetic also in me for the nations:)

For I am not ashamed of the good news of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to all believing; both to the Jew first, and the Greek.

For no distinction is of the Jew and also of the Greek: for the same Lord of all being rich to all calling upon him.

And the sons Of the stranger built thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee: for in my wrath I struck thee, and in mine acceptance I compassionated thee.

For Jehovah will pity Jacob, and he yet chose in Israel, and he gave them rest upon their land: and the stranger was joined to them, and they joined themseves to the house of Jacob.

And Peter having opened the month; said, Of a truth I comprehend that God is no respecter of faces! But in every nation he fearing him, and working justice, is acceptable to him. The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing good news, peace through Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all.) read more.
The word ye know, having been through the whole of Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the immersion which John preached; Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power; who passed through doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil; for God was with him. And ye are witnesses of all which he did in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they killed, having hanged upon wood: Him God raised the third day, and gave him to be manifest; Not to all people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after his rising from the dead. And he enjoined us to proclaim to the people, and to testify that this is he appointed by God, Judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets testify, for all believing on him to receive remission of sins through his name. Peter yet speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all hearing the word. And believers of the circumcision were affected in mind, as many as came with Peter, that also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out.

Simeon related how God first reviewed to take from the nations a people for his name.

And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life. And the word of the Lord was conveyed through the whole country.

And all the multitude were silent, and heard Barnabas and Paul, recounting what signs and wonders God did in the nations through them.

Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness?

And the writing, foreseeing that of faith God justifies the nations, announced beforehand the good news to Abraham, That in thee shall all nations be praised.

And it was in the last days, the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be prepared upon the head of the mountains, and lifted up above the hills; and all nations flowed to it

And there was in that day a root of Jesse which stood for a signal of the peoples; to him shall the nations seek, and his rest was glory.

And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision discussed with him, Saying, That thou camest in to men having uncircumcision, and didst eat With them.

And he said to them, Ye know that it is violating law for a man a Jew to join himself, or come near to a strange tribe: and God shewed me to call no man common or unclean.

And in the twelfth month (this the month Adar) in the thirteenth day in it, when the word of the king drew near, and his edict to do in the day that the enemies of the Jews expected to have power over them, (and it was turned that these Jews will have power over those hating them:)

And the Jews will strike against all their enemies with the blow of the sword, and killing and destruction; and they will do according to their desire upon those hating them.

I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations,

A light for the revelation of the nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Thou didst rebuke the nations, thou didst destroy the unjust one, wiping off their name forever and ever.

He chastising the nations, shall he not do justice? he teaching man knowledge.

For these nations which thou shalt possess them, they will hear to those practicing magic, and to those divining: and thou, not thus, gave Jehovah thy God to thee.

Wherefore remember, that ye then the nations in the flesh, being reckoned Uncircumcision by the Circumcision in the flesh reckoned made by hands; That ye were in that time without Christy alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners from the covenants of solemn promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

And thy servant and thy maid which shall be to thee, from the nations which are round about you, from them ye shall buy servant and maid.

Thou shall not marry with them; thy daughters thou shalt not give to his son, and his daughter thou shalt not take to thy son.

And it will be that the sons of Israel sinned against Jehovah their God, having brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and they will fear,other gods. And they will go in the laws of the nations which Jehovah dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel, and the kings of Israel which they made.

Did a nation change their gods, and they no gods? and my people changed their glory for what will not profit

And he, having answered, said, It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.

Crying out, Men, Israelites, help: This is the man, teaching all, everywhere, against the people, and the law, and this place: and yet also brought the Greeks into the temple, and has polluted this holy place. (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian' whom they thought that Paul had brought into the temple.)

And it will be said, Not good the word which ye do: will ye not go in the fear of our God from the reproach of the nations our enemies?

For I will not ye should not know, brethren, this mystery, lest ye be wise with yourselves; for hardness from part has been to Israel, till the filling up of the nations come in.

And as they chose not to have God in knowledge, God delivered them to an adulterated purpose, to do things not fitting;

For when nations, not having the things of the law, by nature do the things of the law, these, not having the law, are law to themselves:

Therefore if uncircumcision watch the justification of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

Jehovah made vain the counsel of the nations: he brought the purposes of the peoples to nought

And they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and they shall be made captives in all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by all the nations, till the times of the nations should be completed.

Then said the Jews among themselves, Where is he about to go, that we shall not find him? is he not about to go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

For against the truth were they gathered together against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and peoples of Israel,

Ask of me and I will give the nations thine inheritance, and thy possession the extremities of the earth.

But then truly, not having known God, ye were in a servile condition to them not being gods by nature.

And we having come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. And the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present. And having greeted them, he recounted to each one what things God had done among the nations through his service. read more.
And they having heard, honoured the Lord, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many ten thousands of Jews there are having believed: and all are zealous of the law: And they were taught about thee, that thou teachest apostasy from Moses, all the Jews among the nations, saying, they are not to circumcise children, nor walk in the customs. What is it therefore? the multitude must all come together: for they will hear that thou hast come. Therefore do this which we say to thee: Four men are to us having a vow upon them; Having taken these, be purified with them, and expend upon them, that they might shave the head: and all might know that what they are taught about thee is nothing; but thou proceedest in regular order, also thyself watching the law. And of the nations having believed, we have written having judged them to keep nothing such, except to watch themselves from that sacrificed to idols, and blood, and strangulation, and harlotry.

And the apostles and brethren, those being in Judea, heard that the nations also received the word of God. And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision discussed with him, Saying, That thou camest in to men having uncircumcision, and didst eat With them. read more.
And Peter having begun, set forth to them in order, saying, I was in the city Joppa, praying: and in a deep trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descending as a great linen napkin, let down from heaven by four beginnings; and it came even to me: Upon which having looked intently, I observed, and saw quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven. And I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, kill and eat. And I said, By no means, Lord: for anything common or unclean never came into my month. And a voice answered me of a second time from heaven, What God cleansed, profane not. And this was for thrice: and again all was drawn up into heaven. And, behold, from this three men stood at the house in which I was, sent from Cesarea to me. And the spirit said to me to come with them, discussing nothing. And these six brethren came also with me, and we came to the man's house: And he announced to us how he saw a messenger in his house, having stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and send for Simon, surnamed Peter Who shall speak words to thee, by which thou shalt be saved and all thy house. And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as also upon us in the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, when he said, John truly immersed with water; but ye shall be immersed with the Holy Spirit. If therefore God gave the like gift to them as also to us, having believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; how was I able to hinder God And having heard these, they were silent, and honoured God, saying, For also God gave the nations repentance to life.

And much discussion having been, Peter having risen up, said to them, Men, brethren, ye know that from ancient days God chose among us, through my month for the nations to hear the word of good news, and believe. And God the knower of hearts testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, as also us; And separated nothing between us and also them, by faith having purified their hearts. read more.
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But by grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved, as also they.

Praise Jehovah all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples.

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and land him all ye people.