15 Bible Verses about Acceptance, From God

Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.

He who eats meat must not despise the man who abstains; and let not the man who abstains judge him who eats; for God has received him.

For it is those whom he loves that he disciplines, And he scourges every son whom he acknowledges.

So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble. For so the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

Then Peter began to speak. "Of a truth I begin to see quite plainly that God is no respecter of persons; "but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

and after there had been a long discussion, Peter rose and said: "Brothers, you know how a good while ago God made choice among you, that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the message of the gospel and believe. "And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus??n odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

First of all then, I am urging that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered regularly for all men;

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn to show their piety first toward their own household, and to make some return to their parents, for that is pleasing in God's sight.

And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.

and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.