Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- KJV Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- NKJV “Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
- NASB “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.
- NLT Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other.
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Quick answer
God invites all the ends of the earth to look to him and be saved, for he alone is God. Salvation is offered freely to everyone who turns to him.
Overview
This is one of Scripture's great evangelistic calls: 'Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth.' Salvation comes simply by turning the gaze of faith to the one true God. Christians have always heard here the universal gospel offer, fulfilled in Christ lifted up so that all who look to him in faith may live.
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Cross-references · 15
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Zech 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- Num 21:8–9Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- John 3:13–16No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- 2 Chr 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- Isa 45:21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
- Ps 22:17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Isa 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
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