And he said, Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.

That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

(For he says, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I helped you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more earnest, of his own accord he went unto you.

For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved.