Luke 2:32
2:32 a light,
for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”
Acts 10:34
10:34 Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
Acts 13:46-48
13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,
“It was necessary to speak the word of God
to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy
of eternal life, we
are turning to the Gentiles.
13:47 For this
is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘
I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice
and praise
the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life
believed.
Romans 10:12
10:12 For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.
Romans 10:18
10:18 But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Galatians 2:8
2:8 (for he who empowered
Peter for his apostleship
to the circumcised
also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)
Ephesians 3:5-8
3:5 Now this secret
was not disclosed to people
in former
generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by
the Spirit,
3:6 namely, that through the gospel
the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members
of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
3:7 I became a servant of this gospel
according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by
the exercise of his power.
3:8 To me – less than the least of all the saints
– this grace was given,
to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Colossians 1:27
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.