That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, on whom my name is called, said the Lord, who does all these things. Treasury of Scripture the residue. Genesis 22:18 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice. Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come... Psalm 22:26,27 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever... Psalm 67:1-3 God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah... Psalm 72:17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him... Isaiah 2:2,3 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains... Isaiah 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... Isaiah 19:23-25 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria... Isaiah 24:15,16 Why glorify you the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea... Isaiah 49:6,7 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel... Isaiah 66:18-21 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come... Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth... Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy... Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered... Micah 4:1,2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains... Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers on the grass... Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you... Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities... Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles... the Gentiles. Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them... Numbers 6:27 And they shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them. Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yes, I have made him. Isaiah 65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me... who. Numbers 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this! Isaiah 45:7,8 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things... Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven...
Context The Council at Jerusalem
5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to them, Men and brothers, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8And God, which knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did to us; 9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 10Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. 12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles by them. 13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brothers, listen to me: 14Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, on whom my name is called, said the Lord, who does all these things. 18Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world. 19Why my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20But that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 21For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
Douay-Rheims Bible
That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.
Darby Bible Translation
so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things
King James Bible
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Young's Literal Translation
that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.
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