Acts 11:1

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Acts 11:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

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Acts 8:14

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Acts 8:15

On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 1:17

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Galatians 1:18

Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Galatians 1:19

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Galatians 1:20

I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

Galatians 1:21

Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Galatians 1:22

I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

Acts 10:35

but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

Acts 10:36

He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

Acts 10:37

You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Acts 14:27

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 15:3

Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Psalms 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Psalms 96:1

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Psalms 96:2

Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.

Psalms 96:3

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

Psalms 96:4

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

Psalms 96:5

For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

Psalms 96:6

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.

Psalms 96:7

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

Psalms 96:8

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.

Psalms 96:9

Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

Psalms 96:10

Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

Isaiah 11:10

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 35:1

The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

Isaiah 35:2

It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 52:10

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Isaiah 62:2

Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

Jeremiah 16:19

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Hosea 2:23

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Amos 9:11

“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

Amos 9:12

that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Zephaniah 2:11

The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Zephaniah 3:9

For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Zechariah 2:11

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 8:20

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

Zechariah 8:21

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

Zechariah 8:22

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

Zechariah 8:23

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

Malachi 1:11

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 8:11

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 16:5

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Romans 15:7

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Romans 15:9

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

Romans 15:10

Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

Romans 15:11

And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”

Romans 15:12

And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”