Act 13:46-48, 14:27, 26:17-18, Rom 15:9-12, Eph 2:11-13, 3:5-8 | ESV | STEP | And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly , saying , It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you . Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life , behold , we are turning to the Gentiles .

46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ^abe spoken first to you. ^bSince you thrust it aside and judge yourselves ^cunworthy of eternal life, behold, we ^dare turning to the Gentiles. 47 ^eFor so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

^f“‘I have made you ^ga light for the Gentiles,
that you may ^hbring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and ⁱglorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 14:27

27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, ^jthey declared all that God had done with them, and ^khow he had ^lopened ^ma door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17-18

17 ⁿdelivering you from your people and from the Gentiles— ^oto whom I ^pam sending you 18 ^qto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ^rthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^sforgiveness of sins and ^ta place among those who are sanctified ^uby faith in me.’

Romans 15:9-12

9 and in order ^vthat the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

^w“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”
10 And again it is said,

^x“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
11 And again,

^y“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples extol him.”
12 And again Isaiah says,

^z, ^aa“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
^abin him will the Gentiles hope.”

Ephesians 2:11-13

One in Christ

11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^acthe circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember ^adthat you were at that time separated from Christ, ^aealienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^afthe covenants of promise, ^aghaving no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^ahfar off have been brought near ^aiby the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 3:5-8

5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6 This mystery is ^{▼▼The words This mystery is are inferred from verse 4} that the Gentiles are ^akfellow heirs, ^almembers of the same body, and ^ampartakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

7 ^anOf this gospel I was made ^aoa minister according to the gift of ^apGod’s grace, which was given me ^aqby the working of his power. 8 To me, ^arthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, ^asto preach to the Gentiles the ^atunsearchable ^auriches of Christ,