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 said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

Pray

Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.'

In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph's family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

If

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."

Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die."

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

The thought

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

General references

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.