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

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: 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 that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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

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

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.