58 Bible Verses about Acceptance
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Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God.
(for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now is the well-accepted time; behold, now the day of salvation:)
to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
For if their casting away be the world's reconciliation, what their reception but life from among the dead?
And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
for for the name have they gone forth, taking nothing of those of the nations.
but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
If thou doest well, will not thy countenance look up with confidence? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first.
Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.
But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.
but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with sons; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;
For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.
And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen 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 upon mine altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Therefore it is on the principle of faith, that it might be according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,
that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved.
And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
For we, by the Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.
Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
Nor from the hand of the stranger shall ye present the bread of your God, of any of these; for their corruption is in them: a defect is in them; they shall not be accepted for you.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.
when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.
For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
Be it known to you therefore, that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations; they also will hear it.
And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;
And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
Topics on Acceptance
Acceptance Of Bribes
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Acceptance, divine
Jeremiah 14:10-12Thus saith Jehovah to this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; and Jehovah hath no delight in them: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Acceptance, From God
2 Kings 13:23And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.
Acceptance, Of Gifts
1 Samuel 25:35So David received of her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Acceptance, Of Instruction
Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Acceptance, Of Jesus Christ
John 1:12but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
Acceptance, Of One Another
1 Corinthians 15:10But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Acceptance, Of The Gospel
1 Timothy 1:15Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first.
Acceptance, Of Worship
Leviticus 22:19-21it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.