Gentiles

Gentiles

Comprehend all nations except the Jews - Ro 2:9; 3:9; 9:24

CALLED

• Heathen
- Ps 2:1; Ga 3:8
• Nations
- Ps 9:20; 22:28; Isa 9:1
• Uncircumcised
- Isa 14:6; 52:1
• Uncircumcision
- Ro 2:26
• Greeks
- Ro 1:16; 10:12
• Strangers
- Isa 14:1; 60:10

Ruled by God - 2Ch 20:6; Ps 47:8

Chastised by God - Ps 9:5; 94:10

Counsel of, brought to nought - Ps 33:10

CHARACTERISED AS

• Ignorant of God
- Ro 1:21; 1Th 4:5
• Refusing to know God
- Ro 1:28
• Without the law
- Ro 2:14
• Idolatrous
- Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2
• Superstitious
- De 18:14
• Depraved and wicked
- Ro 1:28-32; Eph 4:19
• Blasphemous and reproachful
- Ne 5:9
• Constant to their false gods
- Jer 2:11

Hated and despised the Jews - Es 9:1,5; Ps 44:13,14; 123:3

Often ravaged and defiled the holy land and sanctuary - Ps 79:1; La 1:10

THE JEWS

• Not to follow the ways of
- Le 18:3; Jer 10:2
• Not to intermarry with
- De 7:3
• Permitted to have, as servants
- Le 25:44
• Despised, as if dogs
- Mt 15:26
• Never associated with
- Ac 10:28; 11:2,3
• Often corrupted by
- 2Ki 17:7,8
• Dispersed amongst
- Joh 7:35

Excluded from Israel's privileges - Eph 2:11,12

Not allowed to enter the temple - Ac 21:28,29

Outer court of temple for - Eph 2:14; Re 11:2

Given to Christ as His inheritance - Ps 2:8

Christ given as a light to - Isa 42:6; Lu 2:32

Conversion of, predicted - Isa 2:2; 11:10

United with the Jews against Christ - Ac 4:27

The gospel not to be preached to, till preached to the Jews - Mt 10:5; Lu 24:47; Ac 13:46

First special introduction of the gospel to - Ac 10:34-45; 15:14

First general introduction of the gospel to - Ac 13:48,49,52; 15:12

Paul the apostle of - Ac 9:15; Ga 2:7,8

Jerusalem trodden down by, &c - Lu 21:24

Israel rejected till the fulness of - Ro 11:25