Acts 15:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord – even all the Gentiles who are called by my name – declares the Lord who makes these things

Cross References

Zechariah 2:11

‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my  people.  I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Isaiah 65:1

‘I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that did not call on   my name.

Hosea 2:23

I will sow her  in the land for myself, and I will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah; I will say to Lo-ammi: You are my people, and he will say, ‘You are my God.’

Malachi 1:11

‘My name will be great among the nations,  from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense  and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and they will say, ‘Our ancestors inherited only lies, worthless idols  of no benefit at all.’

Isaiah 43:7

everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.’

Jeremiah 14:9

Why are you like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, Lord, and we bear your name. Don’t leave us!

Isaiah 11:10

On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes  , and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.

Genesis 22:18

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring  because you have obeyed my command.’

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the  Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for mankind.

Amos 9:12

so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name  ,  – this is the declaration of the  Lord; he will do this.

Joel 2:32

Then everyone who calls on the name of the  Lord will be saved, for there will be an escape for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord  promised, among the survivors the  Lord  calls.

Daniel 9:19

Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! My God, for your own sake, do not delay,  because your city and your people bear your name.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants  with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, ‘What have you done? ’

Numbers 24:23

Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?

Numbers 6:27

In this way they will pronounce my name over  the Israelites, and I will bless them.’

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm   – may he bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.

Deuteronomy 28:10

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you bear the Lord’s name,  and they will stand in awe of you.

Isaiah 63:19

We have become like those you never ruled, like those who did not bear your name.

James 2:7

Don’t they blaspheme the good name that was invoked over you?