I have come in my Father's name, but you refuse to accept me. If anyone else should come in his own name, you would accept him.

when on that day He comes to be glorified in His consecrated ones and to be admired by all who believe in Him because our testimony has been confidently accepted among you.

For everything in God's creation is good, and nothing is to be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving;

This is a saying to be trusted and deserves to be accepted by all.

And those of the descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood are authorized by the law to collect a tenth from the people; that is, from their own brothers, though they have sprung from Abraham.

Women by a resurrection received their dead again; others endured tortures, because they would not accept release, that they might rise to a better life.

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is stronger still; because this is the testimony that God has borne to His Son.

For they have started out for His name's sake and so accept nothing from the heathen,

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet become kings, but for a single hour they accept authority as kings allied with the wild beast.

For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Do not accept gold or silver or even copper money for your purse,

and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,

In like manner these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they hear the truth, they accept it with ecstasy,

I solemnly say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

I tell you, this man, and not the other, went back home forgiven and accepted by God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

I solemnly say to you, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does, will never get into it at all."

He in turn accepted their offer and began to seek a favorable opportunity to betray Him to them without exciting an uprising.

But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God,

He continues to bear testimony to what He has actually seen and heard, and yet no one accepts His testimony.

Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.

However, I do not accept mere human testimony, but I am saying this that you may be saved.

I do not accept any honor from men,

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.

for I have given them the teachings that you gave me, and they have accepted them, and they have come to know in reality that I did come from you, and so they are convinced that you did send me.

So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.

Now the apostles and the brothers all over Judea heard that the heathen too had accepted God's message.

But Elymas the magician -- for this is the meaning of his name -- continued to oppose them by trying to keep the governor from accepting the faith.

But the Jews who refused to accept their message aroused and exasperated the minds of the heathen against the brothers.

Among them was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods from the town of Thyatira, and she stayed to listen to us. She was already a worshiper of God, and the Lord so moved upon her heart that she accepted the message spoken by Paul.

and to advocate practices which it is against the law for us Romans to accept or observe."

and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and at once get out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'

The man who eats anything must not look down on the man who does not do so, nor must the man who does not do so condemn the man who does, for God has fully accepted him.

An unspiritual man does not accept the things that the Spirit of God teaches, for they are nonsense to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are appreciated by spiritual insight.

Now let me remind you, brothers, of the essence of the good news which I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you now are standing,

As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.

For if anybody comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one I preached, or you receive another spirit different from the one you did receive or a glad message different from the one you did accept, you listen to it all right!

Did I do wrong in taking a lowly place to let you have an exalted one, in that I preached the good news about God to you without accepting any pay?

I have received your payment in full, and more too. I am amply supplied after getting the things you sent by Epaphroditus; they are like sweet incense, the kind of sacrifice that God accepts and approves.

So, just as you once accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue living in vital union with Him,