Missions: General Scriptures Concerning

Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.

Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

…everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: …

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

…and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

You are witnesses of these things.

The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. …

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” …

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ …

…because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”