Bible Verses about βgentilesβ
The Bible contains 23 verses about gentiles across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βHaving the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:β
βWhere there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.β
βWho being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.β
βΒΆ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,β
ββΉAnd other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,βΊ [and] βΉone shepherd.βΊβ
βEsaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:β
β[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:β
βEven them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.β
βAnd that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,β
βThat the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.β
βThe Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.β
βAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.β
βAnd put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.β
βBe it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it.β
βAlso the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;β
βFor he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.β
βAnd when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.β
βAnd God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;β
βEven us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?β
βΒΆ As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.β
βAnd it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.β
βAnd as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.β
βΒΆ What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.β
