Acts 15:7

Good News Translation

After a long debate Peter stood up and said, “My friends, you know that a long time ago God chose me from among you to preach the Good News to the Gentiles, so that they could hear and believe.

Cross References

Exodus 4:12

Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say.”

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, “Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak.

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

John 3:27

John answered, “No one can have anything unless God gives it.

Acts 1:16

“My friends,” he said, “the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus.

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the thoughts of everyone, so show us which of these two you have chosen

Acts 10:19

Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant, when the Spirit said, “Listen! Three men are here looking for you.

Acts 10:20

So get ready and go down, and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.”

Acts 13:2

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 15:14

Simon has just explained how God first showed his care for the Gentiles by taking from among them a people to belong to him.

Acts 15:2

Paul and Barnabas got into a fierce argument with them about this, so it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others in Antioch should go to Jerusalem and see the apostles and elders about this matter.

Acts 15:39

There was a sharp argument, and they separated: Barnabas took Mark and sailed off for Cyprus,

Acts 20:24

But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.

Acts 21:16

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and took us to the house of the man we were going to stay with—Mnason, from Cyprus, who had been a believer since the early days.

Acts 3:18

God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way.

Acts 4:25

By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said, ‘Why were the Gentiles furious; why did people make their useless plots?

Acts 9:15

The Lord said to him, “Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel.

Philippians 2:14

Do everything without complaining or arguing,