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46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, “It was necessary that this Good News from God should be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and shown yourselves unworthy of eternal life—well, we will offer it to Gentiles. 47 For this is as the Lord commanded when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to lead them from the farthest corners of the earth to my salvation.’”

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and rejoiced in Paul’s message; and as many as wanted[a] eternal life, believed.

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  1. Acts 13:48 wanted, or “were disposed to,” or “were ordained to.”

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