Acts 13:46-48

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⁴⁶But 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. ⁴⁷^(A) The Lord has given us this command,

“I have placed you here
as a light
for the Gentiles.
You are to take
the saving power of God
to people everywhere on earth.”

⁴⁸This message made the Gentiles glad, and they praised what they had heard about the Lord.^[a] Everyone who had been chosen for eternal life then put their faith in the Lord.

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