Acts 20:21

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Acts 20:21

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 2:38

“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Acts 20:24

But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Matthew 4:17

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Mark 1:15

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

Mark 6:12

So they went out and preached that people should repent.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

Luke 24:47

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Acts 17:30

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

Ephesians 1:15

This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

Ezekiel 18:30-32

“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so they will not be a stumbling block that causes your punishment.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Matthew 21:31-32

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

Luke 15:10

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

John 3:15-18

so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.

John 3:36

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who refuses to believe in the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

Acts 2:40

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Acts 8:25

Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.

Acts 10:43

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

Acts 13:38-39

Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,

Acts 16:31

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

Acts 18:4-5

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

Acts 19:17

This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

Acts 24:24

After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 28:23

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Romans 1:14

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Romans 3:22-26

—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

Romans 4:24

but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 10:9

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.

1 Corinthians 1:22

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

Galatians 2:16

know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.

Galatians 2:20

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Colossians 2:5

For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him.

1 John 5:5

And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Testifying

To the jews

General references

Leviticus 11:9

Proverbs 14:25

Luke 5:32

Bible References

Testifying

But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.

When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message and solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

To the jews

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,

both to the wise and the foolish.

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

General references

“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

A truthful witness rescues lives,
but one who utters lies is deceitful.

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