Acts 8:22

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Summary

Acts 8:22

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Repent

Pray

If

The thought

Acts 8:20

Hebrews 4:12

General references

Luke 14:33

Bible References

Repent

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?

and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

I gave her time to repent, but she refused to repent of her immorality.

Pray

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul.

if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you even if they do so in the land of their captivity confessing, "We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,'

But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

"Seek the LORD and live! Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph and devour Bethel, and there will be no one to extinguish it.

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

If

Therefore, your majesty, may my advice be acceptable to you: Stop your sinning, do what's right, and put a stop to your wickedness by showing kindness to the oppressed. Perhaps your tranquility will continue."

Tear your hearts, not your garments; and turn back to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to become angry, overflowing in gracious love, and grieves about this evil.

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in court perhaps the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, will be gracious to the survivors of Joseph.'"

So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"

Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?"

and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

The thought

But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money!

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

General references

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."