Matthew 16:17
17Then Jesus said to him, “How blessed are you, Simon, son of John! ▼▼Gk. Bariona
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven has.1Cor 2:10; Gal 1:16; Eph 2:8 Acts 9:15
15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the descendants of Israel.Acts 13:2; 22:21; 25:22-23; Rom 1:1, 5; 11:13; 1Cor 15:10; Gal 1:15; 2:7-8; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Acts 22:21
21Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”Acts 9:15; 18:6; 26:17; Rom 1:5; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:15-16; 2:7-8; Eph 3:7-8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Acts 26:17-18
17I will continue to rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you.Acts 22:21 18You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’Isa 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77, 79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2Cor 4:4; 6:14; Eph 1:11, 18; 4:18; 5:8; Col 1:12-13; 1Thes 5:5; Eph 1:11, 18, 1Pet 2:9, 25Romans 11:13
13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I am glorifying my ministryActs 9:15; 13:2; 22:21; Rom 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:8; 1Tim 2:7; 2Tim 1:111 Corinthians 15:50
50Brothers, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, and what decays cannot inherit what does not decay.Matt 16:17; John 3:3, 52 Corinthians 4:6
6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” ▼▼Gen 1:3
has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ. ▼▼Other mss. lack Jesus; still other mss. read Christ Jesus
Gen 1:3; 2Cor 1:4; 1Pet 2:9; 2Pet 1:19 Ephesians 3:8
8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the Gentiles the immeasurable wealth of Christ1Cor 15:9; Gal 1:16; 2:8; Eph 1:7; Col 1:27; 1Tim 1:13, 15; 2:7; 2Tim 1:11Ephesians 6:12
12For our ▼▼Other mss. read your
struggle is not against a human opponent, ▼▼Lit. flesh and blood
but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, ▼▼Lit. of this darkness
against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.Matt 16:17; Luke 22:53; John 12:31; 14:30; Rom 8:38; 1Cor 15:50; Eph 1:21; 2:2; Col 1:13; 2:15
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