58 Bible Verses about Acceptance
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Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
Of Asher he said, "Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Don't let him who eats despise him who doesn't eat. Don't let him who doesn't eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
Neither shall you offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"
For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
"Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations. They will also listen."
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
Thus says Yahweh, "In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
Topics on Acceptance
Acceptance Of Bribes
Exodus 23:8"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Acceptance, divine
Jeremiah 14:10-12Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Acceptance, From God
2 Kings 13:23But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Acceptance, Of Gifts
1 Samuel 25:35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request."
Acceptance, Of Instruction
Job 22:22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Acceptance, Of Jesus Christ
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
Acceptance, Of One Another
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Acceptance, Of The Gospel
1 Timothy 1:15The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Acceptance, Of Worship
Leviticus 22:19-21that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.