16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Isa 49:6 · adapted
  "And 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 …"
  Isaiah: a light to the Gentiles — Paul adapts for apostolic mission

• Kingdom of God
• Light and Darkness

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
• Acts 9:15 — But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 15:14 — Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
• Acts 15:15 — And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
• Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:17 — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
• Acts 26:23 — That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
• Amos 9:12 — That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
• Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
• Isa 2:1 — The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isa 24:13 — When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
• Isa 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
• Isa 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Isa 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Isa 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Isa 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 49:6 — And 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
• Isa 49:6 — And 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
• Isa 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Isa 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Isa 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
• Isa 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
• Isa 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Isa 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Job 13:16 — He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:5 — As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 12:36 — While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
• Judg 4:6 — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten tho
• Luke 2:32 — A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Luke 2:32 — A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Luke 14:23 — And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
• Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: