Acts 15:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Simeon tolde, howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite, to receaue of the gentiles, a people in his name.

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  • Isa 43:21 : 21 This people haue I made for my self, and they shall shewe foorth my prayse.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs, thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe:
  • Isa 55:11-13 : 11 So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me, but shall accomplishe my wyll, and prosper in the thing wherto I sende it. 12 And so shall ye go foorth with ioy, and be led with peace: The mountaynes and hylles shall syng with you for ioy, and all the trees of the fielde shal clappe their handes. 13 For thornes, there shall growe Firre trees, and the Myrre tree in the steede of bryers: And this shalbe done to the prayse of the Lorde, and for an euerlastyng token that shall not be taken away.
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs.
  • Luke 2:31-32 : 31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people: 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Acts 15:7-9 : 7 And when there had ben much disputyng, Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how that a good while ago, God did chose among vs, that the gentiles by my mouth, shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleue. 8 And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs: 9 And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship, that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name, among all heathen.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of hym, and through hym, and for hym, are all thynges: To whom be glory for euer. Amen.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght. 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are nowe the people of God: which sometime had not obteyned mercy, but nowe haue obteyned mercy.

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