Acts 26:20

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Summary

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

And at

Acts 9:28

Acts 22:17

And then

Romans 11:18

And do

General references

Proverbs 14:25

Luke 5:32

Bible References

And at

Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state

And then

I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s message be spoken to you first. But since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles!

In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way,

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.

And do

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.

Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

General references

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

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