Acts 13:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone.

Cross References

Colossians 1:5

because what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You first heard about this hope when you believed the true message, which is the good news.

Ephesians 1:13

Christ also brought you the truth, which is the good news about how you can be saved. You put your faith in Christ and were given the promised Holy Spirit to show that you belong to God.

Romans 1:16

I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.

Luke 1:77

You will tell his people that they can be saved when their sins are forgiven.

Luke 1:69

Our God has given us a mighty Saviour from the family of David his servant.

Isaiah 46:13

I will soon come to save you. I am not far away and will waste no time; I take pride in Israel and will save Jerusalem.

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas bravely said: We had to tell God's message to you before we told it to anyone else. But you rejected the message! This proves that you don't deserve eternal life. Now we are going to the Gentiles.

Acts 13:43

After the service, many Jews and a lot of Gentiles who worshipped God went with them. Paul and Barnabas begged them all to remain faithful to God, who had been so kind to them.

Acts 10:35

God is pleased with everyone who worships him and does right, no matter what nation they come from.

Acts 5:20

“Go to the temple and tell the people everything about this new life.”

Acts 4:12

Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.

Luke 24:47

They also say that all people of every nation must be told in my name to turn to God, in order to be forgiven. So beginning in Jerusalem,

Matthew 10:6

Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep.

Matthew 3:9

And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.

Acts 16:17

The girl followed Paul and the rest of us and kept yelling, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how to be saved.”

Acts 3:26

God sent his chosen Son to you first, because God wanted to bless you and make each one of you turn away from your sins.

Acts 28:28

Paul said, “You may be sure that God wants to save the Gentiles! And they will listen.”

Isaiah 48:1

People of Israel, you come from Jacob's family and the tribe of Judah. You claim to worship me, the LORD God of Israel, but you are lying.

Psalm 105:6

You belong to the family of Abraham, his servant; you are his chosen ones, the descendants of Jacob.

Isaiah 41:8

Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, you forced out the nations who lived in this land before your people Israel came here, and you gave it to the descendants of your friend Abraham for ever.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.

Acts 10:2

Cornelius was a very religious man. He worshipped God, and so did everyone else who lived in his house. He had given a lot of money to the poor and was always praying to God.

Acts 22:5

The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.