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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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,

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