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Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “ ‘I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles, that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’[c] ”
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When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.