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Acts 13:48

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46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

49 And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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BSB
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
KJV
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.
WEB
As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
ASV
And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
DARBY
And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.
BLB
And the Gentiles hearing were rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
ÅB
Da hedningene hørte det, ble de glade og priste Herrens ord, og de tok ved troen så mange som var utsett til evig liv.
OTB
Da hedningene hørte dette, ble de glade og æret Herrens ord; og alle som var bestemt til evig liv, trodde.
B1930
Da hedningene hørte det, blev de glade og priste Herrens ord, og de tok ved troen så mange som var utsett til evig liv.

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  • Romans 8:29–30

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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  • Ephesians 1:4

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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  • Romans 11:7

    What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

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  • John 10:26–27

    But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

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  • John 10:16

    I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

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  • John 11:52

    and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

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  • Ephesians 2:5–10

    made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

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