(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

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

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

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

We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.

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

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went to 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, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: