11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Chosen People
• Messianic Promise
• Redemption

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

• 1Cor 1:17 — For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
• 1Thess 1:9 — For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
• 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
• 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
• 2Tim 1:11 — Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• 2Tim 3:11 — Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• 2Tim 4:16 — At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
• 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 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 13:47 — For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
• Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and
• Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
• Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Acts 28:28 — Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
• Acts 28:28 — Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
• Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
• Eph 3:2 — If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
• Eph 3:7 — Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• Gal 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen,
• Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• 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.
• Jer 1:8 — Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
• Jer 1:8 — Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
• Jer 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
• Rom 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
• Rom 10:14 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
• Rom 11:13 — For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Rom 11:13 — For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Rom 16:26 — But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.