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

So he was one of them, going in and out constantly at Jerusalem,

After I had come back to Jerusalem, one day while I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance,

And then

I will continue to rescue you from the Jewish people and from the heathen to whom I am going to send you,

Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen.

In ages past He let all the heathen go on in their own ways;

Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am to send you out and far away among the heathen.'"

you must not be boasting against the natural branches. And if you do, just consider, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

And do

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance you profess,

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

Then Zaccheus got up and said to the Lord, "Listen, Lord! I now give to the poor half of my property, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him back four times as much."

So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,

So you must keep on following God's example, as dearly loved children of His,

Children, obey your parents, for this is right.

the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible, healthy in faith, in love, and in steadfastness;

As obedient children, stop molding your character by the evil desires you used to cherish when you did not know any better,

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.

so that he no longer can spend the rest of his earthly life in harmony with human desires but in accordance with God's will.

Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

General references

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."