And
I will bless them
that
bless thee,
and curse him that
curseth thee:
and in thee
shall
all families
of the earth
be blessed.
And in thy
seed
shall all
the nations
of the earth
be blessed;
because
thou hast obeyed
my voice.
The sceptre
shall not depart
from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from
between his feet,
until Shiloh come;
and
unto him shall
the gathering
of the people be.
They have moved me
to jealousy
with that
which is not God;
they have provoked me
to anger
with their vanities:
and
I will move them
to jealousy
with those
which are not
a people;
I will provoke them
to anger
with a foolish nation.
Ask of me,
and
I shall give thee
the heathen
for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts
of the earth
for thy possession.
All the ends
of the world
shall remember
and turn
unto the LORD:
and all
the kindreds
of the nations
shall worship
before thee.
For the kingdom
is the LORD's:
and
he is the governor
among the nations.
All
they that
be fat
upon earth
shall eat
and worship:
all they
that go down
to the dust
shall bow
before him:
and none
can keep
alive his own soul.
A seed
shall serve him;
it shall be accounted
to the Lord
for a generation.
They shall come,
and shall declare
his righteousness
unto a people
that shall be born,
that he
hath done this.
There is a river,
the streams
whereof shall make glad
the city of God,
the holy place
of the tabernacles
of the most High.
Be still,
and know
that I
am God:
I will be exalted
among the heathen,
I will be exalted
in the earth.
O thou
that hearest prayer,
unto thee
shall all flesh come.
By terrible things
in righteousness
wilt
thou answer us,
O God
of our salvation;
who art
the confidence
of all the ends
of the earth,
and of them that
are afar off
upon the sea:
All the earth
shall worship thee,
and shall sing
unto thee;
they
shall sing to thy name.
Selah.
Princes
shall come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia
shall soon stretch out
her hands
unto God.
Sing unto God,
ye kingdoms
of the earth;
O sing
praises
unto the Lord;
Selah:
He shall have dominion
also from sea to sea,
and from the river
unto the ends
of the earth.
They that
dwell
in the wilderness
shall bow
before him;
and his enemies
shall lick
the dust.
The kings
of Tarshish
and of the isles
shall bring presents:
the kings
of Sheba
and Seba
shall offer gifts.
Yea,
all kings
shall fall down
before him:
all nations
shall serve him.
There shall be an handful
of corn
in the earth
upon the top
of the mountains;
the fruit
thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
and
they of the city
shall flourish like grass
of the earth.
And blessed
be his glorious name
for ever:
and let
the whole earth
be filled
with his glory;
Amen,
and Amen.
All nations whom
thou hast made
shall come
and worship
before thee,
O Lord;
and shall glorify
thy name.
So the heathen
shall fear
the name
of the LORD,
and all
the kings
of the earth
thy glory.
This shall be written
for the generation
to come:
and
the people
which shall be created
shall praise
the LORD.
For he
hath looked down
from the height
of his sanctuary;
from heaven
did
the LORD
behold the earth;
To hear the groaning
of the prisoner;
to loose
those that
are appointed
to death;
To declare the name
of the LORD
in Zion,
and his praise
in Jerusalem;
When the people
are gathered together,
and the kingdoms,
to serve the LORD.
All thy
works
shall praise thee,
O LORD;
and thy saints
shall bless thee.
They shall speak
of the glory
of thy kingdom,
and talk
of thy power;
And it
shall come
to pass
in the last days,
that the mountain
of the LORD's house
shall be established
in the top
of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above
the hills;
and all nations
shall flow
unto it.
And many people
shall go
and say,
Come ye,
and let us
go up to
the mountain
of the LORD,
to the house
of the God
of Jacob;
and
he will teach us
of his ways,
and
we will walk
in his paths:
for out of Zion shall go
forth the law,
and the word
of the LORD
from Jerusalem.
And
he shall judge
among the nations,
and shall rebuke
many people:
and
they shall beat
their swords
into plowshares,
and their spears
into pruninghooks:
nation
shall not lift
up sword
against nation,
neither shall
they learn
war any more.
The people that
walked
in darkness
have seen
a great light:
they that
dwell
in the land
of the shadow
of death,
upon them hath
the light shined.
For unto us a child
is born,
unto us a son
is given:
and the government
shall be
upon his shoulder:
and his name
shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
The Prince
of Peace.
Of the increase
of his government
and
peace
there shall be
no end,
upon the throne
of David,
and
upon his kingdom,
to order it,
and
to establish it
with judgment
and with justice from
henceforth even for ever.
The zeal
of the LORD
of hosts
will perform this.
The wolf
also shall dwell
with the lamb,
and the leopard
shall lie down
with the kid;
and the calf
and the young lion
and the fatling
together;
and a little child
shall lead them.
And the cow
and the bear
shall feed;
their young
ones shall lie down together:
and the lion
shall eat
straw like
the ox.
And the sucking child
shall play
on the hole
of the asp,
and the weaned child
shall put
his hand
on the cockatrice' den.
They shall not hurt nor
destroy
in all my holy mountain:
for the earth
shall be full of
the knowledge
of the LORD,
as the waters
cover the sea.
And in that day
there shall be
a root of Jesse,
which shall stand for
an ensign
of the people;
to it shall
the Gentiles seek:
and his rest
shall be glorious.
In that time
shall
the present
be brought
unto the LORD
of hosts
of a people scattered
and peeled,
and
from a people terrible
from their beginning hitherto;
a nation
meted out
and trodden
under foot,
whose land the rivers
have spoiled,
to the place
of the name
of the LORD
of hosts,
the mount Zion.
From the uttermost part
of the earth
have
we heard songs,
even glory
to the righteous.
But I said,
My leanness,
my leanness,
woe unto me!
the treacherous dealers
have dealt treacherously;
yea,
the treacherous dealers
have dealt
very treacherously.
The wilderness
and the solitary place
shall be glad
for them;
and the desert
shall rejoice,
and blossom
as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice
even with joy
and singing:
the glory
of Lebanon
shall be given
unto it,
the excellency
of Carmel
and Sharon,
they shall see the glory
of the LORD,
and the excellency
of our God.
Then the eyes
of the blind
shall be opened,
and the ears
of the deaf
shall be unstopped.
Then shall
the lame man
leap as an hart,
and the tongue
of the dumb sing:
for in the wilderness
shall waters
break out,
and streams
in the desert.
And the parched
ground
shall become
a pool,
and the thirsty
land
springs of water:
in the habitation
of dragons,
where each lay,
shall be grass
with reeds and rushes.
And
the glory
of the LORD
shall be revealed,
and all flesh
shall see it
together:
for the mouth
of the LORD
hath spoken it.
Behold my servant,
whom
I uphold;
mine elect,
in whom
my soul delighteth;
I have put
my spirit
upon him:
he shall bring forth judgment
to the Gentiles.
He shall not fail nor
be discouraged,
till he
have set judgment
in the earth:
and the isles
shall wait
for his law.
Drop down,
ye heavens,
from above,
and let
the skies
pour
down righteousness:
let the earth open,
and let them
bring forth
salvation,
and let
righteousness
spring up together;
I the LORD
have created it.
Look unto me,
and be
ye saved,
all the ends
of the earth:
for I
am God,
and there is none else.
I have sworn
by myself,
the word
is gone
out of my mouth
in righteousness,
and shall not return,
That unto me every knee
shall bow,
every tongue
shall swear.
Surely,
shall
one say,
in the LORD
have
I righteousness
and strength:
even to him
shall men come;
and all
that are incensed
against him shall be ashamed.
Listen,
O isles,
unto me;
and hearken,
ye people,
from far;
The LORD
hath called me
from the womb;
from the bowels
of my mother
hath
he made
mention
of my name.
And now,
saith
the LORD
that
formed me
from the womb
to be his servant,
to bring Jacob
again to him, Though Israel
be not gathered,
yet shall
I be glorious
in the eyes
of the LORD,
and my God
shall be
my strength.
And he said,
It is
a light thing
that thou
shouldest be my servant
to raise
up the tribes
of Jacob,
and
to restore the preserved
of Israel:
I will also give thee
for a light
to the Gentiles,
that thou
mayest be my salvation
unto the end
of the earth.
Lift up thine
eyes round about,
and behold:
all these
gather themselves together,
and come
to thee.
As I live,
saith the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe thee
with them all,
as with an ornament,
and bind them
on thee,
as a bride doeth.
For thy
waste
and thy
desolate places,
and the land
of thy destruction,
shall even now be too
narrow
by reason
of the inhabitants,
and they
that swallowed thee
up shall be
far away.
The children which
thou shalt have,
after thou
hast lost
the other,
shall say again
in thine ears,
The place
is too strait
for me:
give place to me
that I may dwell.
Then shalt thou
say in thine heart,
Who hath begotten me these,
seeing
I have lost
my children,
and am desolate,
a captive,
and removing
to and fro?
and
who hath brought
up these?
Behold,
I was left alone;
these,
where had
they been?
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold,
I will lift
up mine hand
to the Gentiles,
and set up
my standard
to the people:
and
they shall bring
thy sons
in their arms,
and thy daughters
shall be carried
upon their shoulders.
And kings
shall be
thy nursing fathers,
and their queens thy
nursing mothers:
they shall bow down
to thee
with their face
toward the earth,
and lick
up the dust
of thy feet;
and
thou shalt know
that I
am the LORD:
for they
shall not be ashamed
that wait
for me.
Sing,
O barren,
thou
that didst not bear;
break forth
into singing,
and cry aloud,
thou
that didst not travail
with child:
for more
are the children
of the desolate
than the children
of the married wife,
saith the LORD.
Enlarge the place
of thy tent,
and let them
stretch
forth the curtains
of thine habitations:
spare not,
lengthen thy cords,
and strengthen
thy stakes;
For thou
shalt break forth
on the right hand
and
on the left;
and thy
seed
shall inherit
the Gentiles,
and make
the desolate cities
to be inhabited.
Behold,
thou shalt call
a nation
that thou
knowest not,
and nations
that knew not
thee
shall run
unto thee
because
of the LORD thy God,
and
for the Holy One
of Israel;
for he
hath glorified thee.
Neither let
the son
of the stranger,
that hath joined himself
to the LORD,
speak,
saying,
The LORD
hath utterly separated me
from his people:
neither let
the eunuch say,
Behold,
I am a dry tree.
Also the sons
of the stranger,
that join themselves
to the LORD,
to serve him,
and
to love the name
of the LORD,
to be his servants,
every one that
keepeth
the sabbath
from polluting it,
and taketh
hold
of my covenant;
Even
them will
I bring
to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful
in my house
of prayer:
their burnt offerings
and their sacrifices
shall be accepted
upon mine altar;
for mine
house
shall be called an house
of prayer
for all people.
The Lord GOD,
which gathereth
the outcasts
of Israel saith,
Yet will
I gather others
to him,
beside those
that are gathered unto him.
Arise,
shine;
for thy
light
is come,
and
the glory
of the LORD
is risen
upon thee.
And the Gentiles
shall come
to thy light,
and kings
to the brightness
of thy rising.
Lift up thine
eyes round about,
and see:
all
they
gather themselves together,
they come
to thee:
thy sons
shall come
from far,
and thy daughters
shall be nursed
at thy side.
Then
thou shalt see,
and
flow together,
and thine heart
shall fear,
and be enlarged;
because
the abundance
of the sea
shall be converted
unto thee,
the forces
of the Gentiles
shall come
unto thee.
Who are these
that fly
as a cloud,
and as the doves
to their windows?
Surely
the isles
shall wait for me,
and the ships
of Tarshish first,
to bring thy sons
from far,
their silver
and their gold
with them,
unto the name
of the LORD thy God,
and
to the Holy One
of Israel,
because
he hath glorified thee.
And the sons
of strangers
shall build up
thy walls,
and their kings
shall minister
unto thee:
for in my wrath
I smote thee,
but in my favour
have
I had mercy
on thee.
Therefore thy
gates
shall be
open continually;
they shall not be shut day
nor night;
that men
may bring
unto thee
the forces
of the Gentiles,
and
that their kings
may be brought.
For the nation
and kingdom
that
will not serve
thee shall perish;
yea,
those nations
shall be utterly wasted.
The glory
of Lebanon
shall come
unto thee,
the fir tree,
the pine tree,
and the box
together,
to beautify the place
of my sanctuary;
and I
will make
the place
of my feet glorious.
The sons
also of them that
afflicted
thee shall come
bending unto thee;
and all
they
that
despised
thee shall bow themselves down
at the soles
of thy feet;
and
they shall call thee;
The city
of the LORD,
The Zion
of the Holy One
of Israel.
I am sought
of them that
asked not for me;
I am found
of them that
sought me not:
I said,
Behold me,
behold me,
unto a nation
that was not called
by my name.
For thus
saith the LORD, Behold,
I will extend peace
to her like a river,
and the glory
of the Gentiles like
a flowing stream:
then shall
ye suck,
ye shall be borne
upon her sides,
and be dandled
upon her knees.
And I
will set
a sign
among them,
and I
will send
those that escape
of them
unto the nations,
to Tarshish, Pul,
and Lud,
that draw the bow,
to Tubal,
and Javan,
to the isles
afar off,
that have not heard
my fame,
neither have seen
my glory;
and
they shall declare
my glory
among the Gentiles.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that from one new moon
to another,
and
from one sabbath
to another,
shall all
flesh
come to worship
before me,
saith the LORD.
At that time
they shall call
Jerusalem the throne
of the LORD;
and all
the nations
shall be gathered
unto it,
to the name
of the LORD,
to Jerusalem:
neither shall
they walk any more
after the imagination
of their evil heart.
And
thou shalt swear,
The LORD liveth,
in truth,
in judgment,
and
in righteousness;
and the nations
shall bless themselves in him,
and in him shall
they glory.
Thus saith the LORD,
Learn
not the way
of the heathen,
and be not dismayed
at the signs
of heaven;
for the heathen
are dismayed at them.
For the customs
of the people
are vain:
for one
cutteth
a tree
out of the forest,
the work
of the hands
of the workman,
with the axe.
O LORD,
my strength,
and my fortress,
and my refuge
in the day
of affliction,
the Gentiles
shall come
unto thee
from the ends
of the earth,
and shall say,
Surely
our fathers have inherited lies,
vanity,
and things
wherein there is
no profit.
Shall a man
make gods
unto himself,
and they
are no gods?
Therefore,
behold,
I will
this once cause them
to know,
I will cause them
to know
mine hand
and my might;
and they
shall know
that my name
is The LORD.
And
when the man
that
had
the line
in his hand
went forth eastward,
he measured
a thousand cubits,
and
he brought me
through the waters;
the waters
were to the ankles.
Again
he measured
a thousand,
and brought me
through the waters;
the waters
were to the knees.
Again
he measured
a thousand,
and
brought me through;
the waters
were to the loins.
Afterward
he measured
a thousand;
and it
was a river
that I
could not pass over:
for the waters
were risen,
waters
to swim in,
a river that
could not be passed over.
Then was the iron,
the clay,
the brass,
the silver,
and the gold,
broken
to pieces together,
and became like
the chaff
of the summer threshingfloors;
and the wind
carried them away,
that no place
was found for them:
and the stone
that
smote
the image
became
a great mountain,
and filled
the whole earth.
And in the days
of these kings
shall
the God
of heaven
set up
a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed:
and the kingdom
shall not be left
to other people,
but it
shall break
in pieces
and consume all
these kingdoms,
and it
shall stand for ever.
I saw
in the night visions,
and,
behold,
one like the Son
of man
came
with the clouds
of heaven,
and came
to the Ancient
of days,
and they
brought
him near
before him.
And there was given him
dominion,
and glory,
and a kingdom,
that all people,
nations,
and languages,
should serve him:
his dominion
is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.
And
I will sow her
unto me
in the earth;
and I
will have
mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy;
and I
will say
to them
which were not
my people,
Thou art my people;
and
they shall say,
Thou art my God.
And it
shall come
to pass afterward,
that I
will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh;
and your sons
and your daughters
shall prophesy,
your old men
shall dream dreams,
your young men
shall see visions:
And also upon the servants
and upon the handmaids
in those days
will
I pour
out my spirit.
And
I will shew wonders
in the heavens
and in the earth,
blood,
and fire,
and pillars
of smoke.
The sun
shall be turned into
darkness,
and the moon
into blood,
before the great
and terrible day
of the LORD come.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that whosoever
shall call on
the name
of the LORD
shall be delivered:
for in
mount Zion and
in Jerusalem
shall be
deliverance,
as the LORD
hath said,
and
in the remnant whom
the LORD
shall call.
In that day
will
I raise
up the tabernacle
of David
that is fallen,
and close
up the breaches
thereof;
and
I will raise
up his ruins,
and
I will build it as
in the days
of old:
That they
may possess
the remnant
of Edom,
and
of all the heathen,
which are called
by my name,
saith the LORD
that doeth this.
And
he shall judge
among many people,
and rebuke strong nations
afar off;
and
they shall beat
their swords
into plowshares,
and their spears
into pruninghooks:
nation
shall not lift
up a sword
against nation,
neither shall
they learn
war any more.
But
they shall sit
every man
under his vine
and under his fig tree;
and none
shall make them afraid:
for the mouth
of the LORD
of hosts
hath spoken it.
And
I will shake
all nations,
and the desire
of all nations
shall come:
and I
will fill
this house
with glory,
saith the LORD
of hosts.
Sing and rejoice,
O daughter
of Zion:
for, lo,
I come,
and
I will dwell
in the midst
of thee,
saith the LORD.
And many nations
shall be joined
to the LORD
in that day,
and shall be
my people:
and
I will dwell
in the midst
of thee,
and
thou shalt know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me
unto thee.
And they
that are far
off shall come
and build
in the temple
of the LORD,
and ye
shall know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me
unto you.
And this
shall come
to pass,
if ye
will diligently obey
the voice
of the LORD your God.
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
It shall yet come
to pass,
that there shall come people,
and the inhabitants
of many cities:
And the inhabitants
of one city
shall go
to another,
saying,
Let us
go speedily
to pray
before the LORD,
and
to seek the LORD
of hosts:
I will go also.
Yea,
many people
and strong nations
shall come
to seek the LORD
of hosts
in Jerusalem,
and
to pray
before the LORD.
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
In those days
it shall come
to pass,
that ten men
shall take
hold out of all languages
of the nations,
even shall take
hold
of the skirt
of him that is a Jew,
saying,
We will go
with you:
for we
have heard that God
is with you.
The burden
of the word
of the LORD
in the land
of Hadrach,
and Damascus
shall be
the rest thereof:
when the eyes
of man,
as of all
the tribes
of Israel,
shall be toward
the LORD.
And
I will cut off
the chariot
from Ephraim,
and the horse
from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow
shall be cut off:
and
he shall speak peace
unto the heathen:
and his dominion
shall be from sea
even to sea,
and
from the river
even to the ends
of the earth.
And it
shall be
in that day,
that living
waters
shall go out
from Jerusalem;
half of them
toward the former sea,
and half of them
toward the hinder sea:
in summer and
in winter
shall it be.
And the LORD
shall be king
over all the earth:
in that day
shall there be
one LORD,
and his name one.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that every one
that is left
of all
the nations
which came
against Jerusalem
shall even go up
from year to year
to worship the King,
the LORD
of hosts,
and
to keep the feast
of tabernacles.
For from the rising
of the sun
even unto the going down
of the same my name
shall be great
among the Gentiles;
and in every place incense
shall be offered
unto my name,
and a pure offering:
for my name
shall be great
among the heathen,
saith the LORD
of hosts.
And think not
to say
within yourselves,
We have Abraham
to our father:
for I
say unto you,
that God
is able of these
stones
to raise
up children
unto Abraham.
But when ye pray,
use
not vain repetitions,
as the heathen do:
for they
think
that they
shall be heard
for their much speaking.
Be not
ye therefore like
unto them:
for your Father
knoweth
what things
ye have need of,
before ye
ask him.
Therefore take
no thought,
saying,
What
shall
we eat?
or,
What
shall
we drink?
or,
Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
(For
after all
these things
do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father
knoweth that
ye have
need
of all these things.
And
I say unto you,
That many
shall come
from the east
and west,
and shall sit down
with Abraham,
and Isaac,
and Jacob,
in the kingdom
of heaven.
That it
might be fulfilled
which was spoken
by Esaias
the prophet,
saying,
Behold my servant,
whom
I have chosen;
my beloved,
in whom
my soul
is well pleased:
I will put
my spirit
upon him,
and
he shall shew judgment
to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive,
nor cry;
neither shall
any man
hear his voice
in the streets.
A bruised reed
shall
he not break,
and smoking flax
shall
he not quench,
till he
send forth judgment
unto victory.
And in his name
shall
the Gentiles trust.
But many
that are
first shall be last;
and the last
shall be first.
And
they shall come
from the east,
and
from the west,
and
from the north,
and
from the south,
and shall sit down
in the kingdom
of God.
And,
behold,
there are
last which
shall be first,
and there are first which
shall be last.
And
they shall fall
by the edge
of the sword,
and shall be led away captive
into all nations:
and Jerusalem
shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles,
until the times
of the Gentiles
be fulfilled.
And other sheep
I have,
which are not
of this fold:
them also
I must bring,
and
they shall hear
my voice;
and there shall be
one fold,
and one shepherd.
But the Lord
said unto him,
Go thy way:
for he
is a chosen vessel
unto me,
to bear my name
before the Gentiles,
and kings,
and the children
of Israel:
And
they
of the circumcision
which believed
were astonished,
as many as
came with Peter,
because
that on the Gentiles
also was poured out the gift
of the Holy Ghost.
And the apostles
and brethren
that were in Judaea
heard
that the Gentiles
had also received
the word
of God.
And
when Peter
was come up to
Jerusalem,
they that
were of the circumcision
contended with him,
Saying,
Thou wentest in
to men uncircumcised,
and
didst eat with them.
But Peter
rehearsed
the matter
from the beginning,
and expounded
it by order unto them,
saying,
I was in the city
of Joppa praying:
and in a trance
I saw a vision,
A certain vessel descend,
as it had been
a great sheet,
let down
from heaven
by four corners;
and it
came even to me:
Upon the which
when I
had fastened
mine eyes,
I considered,
and saw fourfooted beasts
of the earth,
and wild beasts,
and creeping things,
and fowls
of the air.
And I
heard
a voice
saying unto me,
Arise, Peter;
slay and eat.
But I said,
Not so,
Lord:
for nothing common
or unclean
hath
at any time
entered
into my mouth.
But the voice
answered me again
from heaven,
What God
hath cleansed,
that call not
thou common.
And this
was done
three times:
and all were drawn up again
into heaven.
And,
behold,
immediately there were three men
already come
unto the house
where I was,
sent
from Caesarea
unto me.
And the Spirit
bade me
go with them,
nothing doubting.
Moreover these six brethren
accompanied me,
and we
entered
into the man's house:
And
he shewed us how
he had seen an angel
in his house,
which stood
and
said unto him,
Send men
to Joppa,
and call for Simon,
whose surname
is Peter;
Who shall tell
thee words,
whereby
thou
and all thy
house
shall be saved.
And as I
began to speak,
the Holy Ghost
fell on them,
as on us
at the beginning.
Then remembered
I the word
of the Lord,
how that
he said,
John
indeed baptized
with water;
but
ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost.
Forasmuch
then as God
gave them
the like gift
as he
did unto us,
who believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ;
what was I,
that I
could withstand God?
When
they heard
these things,
they held
their peace,
and glorified God,
saying,
Then hath God
also to the Gentiles
granted repentance
unto life.
As they ministered
to the Lord,
and fasted,
the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas
and Saul
for the work whereunto
I have called them.
Then Paul
and Barnabas
waxed bold,
and said,
It was necessary
that the word
of God
should first have been spoken
to you:
but seeing
ye put it
from you,
and judge yourselves unworthy
of everlasting life,
lo,
we turn
to the Gentiles.
For so
hath
the Lord
commanded us,
saying,
I have set thee
to be a light
of the Gentiles,
that thou
shouldest be
for salvation
unto the ends
of the earth.
And
when the Gentiles
heard this,
they were glad,
and glorified
the word
of the Lord:
and as many
as were ordained
to eternal life believed.
Who in times past suffered all
nations to walk
in their own ways.
And
when
they were come,
and had gathered
the church
together,
they
rehearsed all
that God
had done with them,
and
how he
had opened
the door
of faith
unto the Gentiles.
And
when there had been
much disputing,
Peter rose up,
and
said unto them,
Men and brethren,
ye know how
that a good
while ago
God made choice
among us,
that the Gentiles
by my mouth
should hear
the word
of the gospel,
and believe.
And God,
which knoweth the hearts,
bare them witness,
giving them
the Holy Ghost,
even as
he did unto us;
And put no difference
between us and them,
purifying their hearts
by faith.
Then all
the multitude
kept silence,
and gave audience
to Barnabas
and Paul,
declaring
what miracles
and wonders God
had wrought
among the Gentiles
by them.
And after they
had held
their peace,
James answered,
saying,
Men and brethren,
hearken unto me:
Simeon hath declared how God
at the first did
visit the Gentiles,
to take
out of them a people
for his name.
And to this
agree the words
of the prophets;
as it is written,
After this
I will return,
and will build
again the tabernacle
of David,
which is fallen down;
and I
will build
again the ruins
thereof,
and
I will set it up:
That the residue
of men
might seek
after the Lord,
and all
the Gentiles,
upon whom
my name
is called,
saith the Lord,
who doeth all
these things.
Known unto God
are all his works
from the beginning
of the world.
Wherefore
my sentence is,
that we
trouble not them,
which from
among the Gentiles
are turned
to God:
But
that we
write unto them,
that they
abstain
from pollutions
of idols,
and
from fornication,
and
from things strangled,
and
from blood.
For Moses
of old time
hath in every city them
that preach him,
being read
in the synagogues every sabbath
day.
Then pleased it
the apostles
and elders
with the whole church,
to send
chosen men
of their own company
to Antioch
with Paul
and Barnabas;
namely,
Judas surnamed Barsabas
and Silas,
chief men
among the brethren:
And
they wrote letters
by them
after this manner;
The apostles
and elders
and brethren
send
greeting
unto the brethren which
are of the Gentiles
in Antioch
and Syria
and Cilicia.
Forasmuch as we
have heard,
that certain which
went out
from us have troubled you
with words,
subverting
your souls,
saying,
Ye must be circumcised,
and keep the law:
to whom
we gave no such commandment:
It seemed good
unto us,
being assembled
with one accord,
to send
chosen men
unto you
with our beloved Barnabas
and Paul,
Men
that have hazarded
their lives
for the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have sent therefore Judas
and Silas,
who shall also tell
you the same things
by mouth.
For it
seemed good
to the Holy Ghost,
and to us,
to lay
upon you
no greater burden
than these necessary things;
That ye
abstain
from meats
offered to idols,
and from blood,
and
from things strangled,
and
from fornication:
from which
if ye
keep yourselves,
ye shall do well.
Fare ye well.
So when
they were dismissed,
they came
to Antioch:
and
when
they had gathered
the multitude
together,
they delivered
the epistle:
Which when
they had read,
they rejoiced
for the consolation.
And some of them believed,
and consorted
with Paul
and Silas;
and of the devout Greeks
a great multitude,
and of the chief women
not a few.
Now
while Paul
waited
for them
at Athens,
his spirit
was stirred in him,
when
he saw
the city wholly given
to idolatry.
Therefore disputed
he in the synagogue
with the Jews,
and with the devout persons,
and
in the market
daily with them that
met with him.
Then Paul
stood
in the midst
of Mars' hill,
and said,
Ye men of Athens,
I perceive
that in all things
ye are too superstitious.
For as I
passed by,
and beheld
your devotions,
I found an altar
with this inscription,
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Whom therefore
ye ignorantly worship,
him declare
I unto you.
God that
made
the world
and all things
therein,
seeing that
he is Lord
of heaven
and earth,
dwelleth not
in temples
made with hands;
Neither is worshipped
with men's hands,
as though
he needed any thing,
seeing
he giveth to all life,
and breath,
and all things;
And hath made
of one blood all nations
of men
for to dwell
on all the face
of the earth,
and hath determined
the times
before appointed,
and the bounds
of their habitation;
That they
should seek
the Lord,
if haply
they might feel
after him,
and find him,
though he
be not far
from every one of us:
And he
reasoned
in the synagogue every sabbath,
and persuaded
the Jews
and the Greeks.
And
when Silas
and Timotheus
were come
from Macedonia,
Paul
was pressed
in the spirit,
and testified
to the Jews
that Jesus was Christ.
And
when
they opposed themselves,
and blasphemed,
he shook his raiment,
and
said unto them,
Your blood
be upon your own heads;
I am clean;
from henceforth
I will go
unto the Gentiles.
But rise,
and stand
upon thy feet:
for I have appeared
unto thee
for this purpose,
to make
thee a minister
and a witness both
of these things which
thou hast seen,
and
of those things
in the which
I will appear
unto thee;
Delivering thee
from the people,
and
from the Gentiles,
unto whom now
I send thee,
To open their eyes,
and
to turn them
from darkness
to light,
and
from the power
of Satan
unto God,
that they
may receive forgiveness
of sins,
and inheritance
among them which
are sanctified
by faith
that is in me.
Be it
known therefore
unto you,
that the salvation
of God
is sent
unto the Gentiles,
and
that they
will hear it.
To all
that be in Rome,
beloved of God,
called to be saints:
Grace to you
and peace
from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For there is
no respect
of persons
with God.
For when the Gentiles,
which have not
the law,
do by nature
the things
contained
in the law,
these,
having not
the law,
are a law
unto themselves:
Which shew
the work
of the law
written
in their hearts,
their conscience also bearing witness,
and their thoughts
the mean
while accusing
or else excusing one
another;)
What if God,
willing to shew
his wrath,
and to make
his power known,
endured
with much longsuffering
the vessels
of wrath
fitted
to destruction:
And that
he might make
known
the riches
of his glory
on the vessels
of mercy,
which he
had afore
prepared unto glory,
Even us,
whom
he hath called,
not of the Jews only,
but also of the Gentiles?
As he
saith also
in Osee,
I will call them
my people,
which were not
my people;
and her beloved,
which was not beloved.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that in the place
where it
was said unto them,
Ye are not
my people;
there shall
they be called
the children
of the living God.
Esaias
also crieth concerning
Israel,
Though the number
of the children
of Israel
be as the sand
of the sea,
a remnant
shall be saved:
For he
will finish
the work,
and cut it short
in righteousness:
because
a short work
will
the Lord
make
upon the earth.
And
as Esaias
said before,
Except the Lord
of Sabaoth
had left us
a seed,
we had been
as Sodoma,
and been made like
unto Gomorrha.
What shall
we say then?
That the Gentiles,
which followed not
after righteousness,
have attained
to righteousness,
even the righteousness
which is of faith.
But I say,
Did
not Israel know?
First Moses saith,
I will provoke you
to jealousy
by them that
are no people,
and
by a foolish nation
I will anger you.
But Esaias
is very bold,
and saith,
I was found
of them that
sought me not;
I was made
manifest
unto them that
asked not
after me.
I say then,
Have
they stumbled
that they
should fall?
God forbid:
but rather
through their fall salvation
is come
unto the Gentiles,
for to provoke them
to jealousy.
Now
if the fall
of them be
the riches
of the world,
and the diminishing
of them the riches
of the Gentiles;
how much more
their fulness?
For I
speak to you Gentiles,
inasmuch as
I am the apostle
of the Gentiles,
I magnify
mine office:
And
if some of the branches
be broken off,
and thou,
being a wild olive tree,
wert
graffed in among them,
and
with them partakest
of the root
and fatness
of the olive tree;
Boast not
against the branches.
But
if thou boast,
thou bearest not
the root,
but the root thee.
Thou wilt say then,
The branches
were broken off,
that I
might be graffed in.
Well;
because
of unbelief
they were broken off,
and
thou standest by faith.
Be not highminded,
but fear:
For if God
spared not
the natural branches,
take heed lest
he also spare not thee.
And
that the Gentiles
might glorify God
for his mercy;
as it is written,
For this cause
I will confess
to thee
among the Gentiles,
and sing
unto thy name.
And again
he saith,
Rejoice,
ye Gentiles,
with his people.
And again,
Praise the Lord,
all ye Gentiles;
and laud him,
all ye people.
And again,
Esaias saith,
There
shall be
a root of Jesse,
and
he that
shall rise
to reign
over the Gentiles;
in him shall
the Gentiles trust.
But I say,
that the things
which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice
to devils,
and not to God:
and I
would not
that
ye should have fellowship
with devils.
Ye know
that ye
were Gentiles,
carried away
unto these dumb idols,
even as ye were led.
But
when it
pleased God,
who separated me
from my mother's womb,
and called me
by his grace,
To reveal his Son in me,
that I
might preach him
among the heathen;
immediately
I conferred not
with flesh
and blood:
And
I went up
by revelation,
and communicated
unto them that gospel
which I
preach
among the Gentiles,
but privately to them which
were of reputation,
lest by any means
I should run,
or had run,
in vain.
We who
are Jews
by nature,
and not sinners
of the Gentiles,
That the blessing
of Abraham
might come
on the Gentiles
through Jesus Christ;
that we
might receive
the promise
of the Spirit
through faith.
That at that time
ye were without Christ,
being aliens
from the commonwealth
of Israel,
and strangers
from the covenants
of promise,
having
no hope,
and without God
in the world:
For this cause I Paul,
the prisoner
of Jesus Christ
for you Gentiles,
Which in other ages
was not made
known
unto the sons
of men,
as it is now revealed
unto his holy apostles
and prophets
by the Spirit;
That the Gentiles
should be
fellowheirs,
and
of the same body,
and partakers
of his promise
in Christ
by the gospel:
Unto me,
who am less than the least
of all saints,
is this grace given,
that I
should preach
among the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches
of Christ;
This
I say therefore,
and testify
in the Lord,
that ye
henceforth walk not
as other Gentiles walk,
in the vanity
of their mind,
Where there is
neither Greek
nor Jew,
circumcision
nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian, Scythian,
bond nor free:
but Christ
is all,
and in all.
Forbidding us
to speak
to the Gentiles
that
they might be saved,
to fill up
their sins alway:
for the wrath
is come upon them
to the uttermost.
Not in the lust
of concupiscence,
even as the Gentiles which
know not God:
And
without controversy great
is the mystery
of godliness:
God was
manifest
in the flesh,
justified
in the Spirit,
seen of angels,
preached
unto the Gentiles,
believed on
in the world,
received up
into glory.
Whereunto
I am appointed
a preacher,
and an apostle,
and a teacher
of the Gentiles.
And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great
voices in heaven,
saying,
The kingdoms
of this world
are become
the kingdoms
of our Lord,
and
of his Christ;
and
he shall reign
for ever and ever.
Who shall not fear thee,
O Lord,
and glorify
thy name?
for thou only art holy:
for all nations
shall come
and worship
before thee;
for thy judgments
are made manifest.