Act 13:46-48, 22:21, Eph 3:8, Col 1:27, 1Ti 2:7, 2Ti 1:11 | 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 .

q[See ver. 26 above]

Acts 13:46-48

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 22:21

21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you ^jfar away to the Gentiles.’”

Ephesians 3:8

8 To me, ^kthough I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, ^lto preach to the Gentiles the ^munsearchable ⁿriches of Christ,

Colossians 1:27

27 ^oTo them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are ^pthe riches of the glory of ^qthis mystery, which is Christ in you, ^rthe hope of glory.

1 Timothy 2:7

7 ^sFor this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( ^tI am telling the truth, I am not lying), ^ua teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

11 ^vfor which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,