12 Bible Verses about Repentance And Forgiveness

"Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."

"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

So they set out, and preached in order that men might repent.

and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

"I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."

Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord,

Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.

Therefore leaving elementary instruction about the Christ, let us advance to mature manhood and not be continually re-laying a foundation of repentance from lifeless works and of faith in God,