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

Luke 5:32

Bible References

And at

After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close intercourse with the Apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the Name of the Lord,

After my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying one day in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

And then

Since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: "It was necessary that the Message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the Immortal Life--we turn to the Gentiles!

In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.

But Jesus said to me 'Go; for I will send you to the Gentiles far away'."

Yet do not exult over the other branches. But, if you do exult over them, remember that you do not support the root, but that the root supports you.

And do

Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

Let your lives, then, prove your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: "Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much."

This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I say to you and urge upon you: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,

Therefore imitate God, as his dear children,

Children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.

Teach that the older men should be temperate, serious, and discreet; strong in faith, love, and endurance.

Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,

But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

Yes, and for this very reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,

General references

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."