58 Bible Verses about Acceptance
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Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God.
For he says, "At the acceptable time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now [is] the acceptable time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation!
For if their rejection [means] the reconciliation of the world, what [will] their acceptance [mean] except life from the dead?
And he said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] hometown.
For they have gone out on behalf of the name, accepting nothing from the pagans.
But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,
If you do well {will I not accept you}? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. And its desire [is] for you, but you must rule over it."
The saying [is] trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.
For am I now making an appeal to people or [to] God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
And if it is indeed eaten on the third day, it [is] unclean meat; it shall not be regarded as accepted.
but in every nation the one who fears him and who does what is right is acceptable to him.
And of Asher he said, "Blessed {more than sons} [is] Asher; {may he be the favorite} of his brothers, {dipping his feet in the oil}.
and Abel also brought [an offering] from {the choicest firstlings of his flock}. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,
For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.
And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you must sacrifice [it] to be acceptable for you.
You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.
I will bring them to {my holy mountain}; I will make them merry in my house of prayer. their burnt offerings and their sacrifices {will 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 do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!
Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
that if you confess with your mouth "Jesus [is] Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
For through the Spirit by faith we eagerly await the hope of righteousness.
The one who eats must not despise the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, because God has accepted him.
You shall not present any [animal] in which [is] a physical defect, because it shall not be {acceptable} for you.
And you shall not present your God's food from any of these by the hand of {a foreigner}, because their deformity [is] in them; a physical defect [is] in them; they shall not be accepted for you.'"
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but [the one] whom the Lord commends.
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you. They shall present a sacrifice for favor [on] my altar, and I will glorify {my honorable house}.
whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,
For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.
" 'He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted for him [in order] to make atonement for him.
And he said to him, "Behold, {I will grant this favor as well}; 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, but I chose you out of the world, for this [reason] the world hates you.
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles. They also will listen!"
Now [when] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
And [when he] arrived in Jerusalem, he was attempting to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, [because they] did not believe that he was a disciple.
Thus says Yahweh: "I have answered you in a time of favor, and helped you on a day of salvation, and watched over you, and given you as a covenant of [the] people, to raise up [the] land, to give [the] desolate hereditary property as an inheritance,
" 'And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you must sacrifice it for your acceptance.
I robbed other churches [by] accepting support [from them] for the ministry to you.
Topics on Acceptance
Acceptance Of Bribes
Exodus 23:8And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.
Acceptance, divine
Jeremiah 14:10-12Thus says Yahweh concerning this people: "They have loved so much to wander, they have not spared their feet. Therefore Yahweh is not favorable to them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins."
Acceptance, From God
2 Kings 13:23But Yahweh had mercy on them and showed compassion to them and turned to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them nor cast them from his presence up to now.
Acceptance, Of Gifts
1 Samuel 25:35Then David took from her hand what she had brought for him, and he said to her, "Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to your voice, and I have {granted your request}."
Acceptance, Of Instruction
Job 22:22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
Acceptance, Of Jesus Christ
John 1:12But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,
Acceptance, Of One Another
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.
Acceptance, Of The Gospel
1 Timothy 1:15The saying [is] trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Acceptance, Of Worship
Leviticus 22:19-21[it must be] without defect {to be acceptable for you}: a male among the cattle, among the sheep, or among the goats.