Acts 26:28
Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"
Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
Matthew 10:18
And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.
Mark 6:20
because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.
Mark 10:17-22
Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Acts 24:25
While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."
Acts 26:29
Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
James 1:23-24
For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
1 Peter 4:16
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.