and that the Gentiles might glorify God for [His] mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name."

And again: "Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!"

"For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord.

I will bring the [one-third] through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This [is] My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD [is] my God.' "

So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You [are] God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

"My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of My Father's hand.

"I and [My] Father are one."

Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and [to] My God and your God.' "

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,