Verse 26

Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:6 : 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”
  • Acts 13:46 : 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.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 “Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
  • Col 1:5 : 5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
  • Acts 5:20 : 20 “Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
  • Acts 13:15-17 : 15 After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.” 16 So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said,“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen: 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
  • Acts 13:43 : 43 When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.
  • Luke 1:69 : 69 For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
  • Luke 1:77 : 77 to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”
  • 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.
  • Ps 105:6 : 6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 The Lord Encourages His People“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 The Lord Appeals to the Exiles Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the LORD, and invoke the God of Israel– but not in an honest and just manner.
  • Isa 51:1-2 : 1 There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug! 2 Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!