Thematic Bible: Conversion


Thematic Bible



And when the people of the nations heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were receptive to eternal life believed. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

Those circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of Holy Spirit was also poured out on the people of the nations. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGenerosity, God'sBelieversPrejudiceAstonishmentThe Gentiles ConversionThe Holy Spirit Described As God's Gift

When they opposed Paul and treated him abusively he shook out his garment and said to them: Your blood is upon your own heads. I am clean. From now on I will go to the people of the nations. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtConfrontationBlood, as symbol of guiltInsultsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfAbuse, To God's PeopleRejection Of God's CallShakingName CallingThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersResponsibility For Blood ShedPeople Abandoning PeopleBlasphemy


The apostles and brothers in Judea heard that the people of the nations also received the word of God. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gentiles ConversionForeigners Saved By FaithThe Apostles In Action

After much discussion Peter got up and said: Men and brothers you know that God made a choice among us, that I would preach the good news to the nations that they may hear and believe. Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldLipsDissensionDisputesMissionary ExamplesThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersForeigners Saved By FaithChosen DisciplesSpeaking With The Mouth


We are the ones he has also called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the nations. Verse ConceptsThe Gentiles ConversionConsider Your Call To Salvation

That the nations might glorify God for his mercy as it is written: For this cause I will confess you to the people of the nations, and sing to your name. Verse ConceptsThe Gentiles ConversionI Will Sing PraisesI Will Praise You With MusicPraise God For His Benefits


Return you people of Israel, return to the one whom you have so violently rebelled against. Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InReturning To GodHurt And Betrayal

Say to them: 'As I am alive! Declares the Lord Jehovah. I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?' Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Will OfPleasing GodPleasureNot Pleasing GodRepent Lest You DieDeathPunishment of the The Wickedpressure

Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you. Verse ConceptsTurning From EvilThe Spirit TeachingReproving Peoplerebuking


I thought that after she had done all this she would come back to me. But she did not come back, and her treacherous (unstable) (unreliable) (false) sister Judah saw her. Verse ConceptsNot Returning To GodRelated Nations

I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God

O God, commander of armies, restore us and smile on us so that we may be saved. Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsAfflictions, Prayer DuringRestored JoyShining FacesGod Giving Light

Restore us, O God of our salvation. Put an end to your anger against us. Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsGod My SalvationLet Not God Be Angry


Return, you disobedient people, proclaims Jehovah. I am your husband. I will take you, one from every city and two from every family, and bring you to Zion.' Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forChoicesHusbandsIntimacyKnowing God, Effects OfLove, In RelationshipsUnion With Christ, Nature OfSmall RemnantsReturning To GodMarriage To GodGod As A HusbandBackslidingBacksliders

If you come back to me and obey my orders, even if you have been forced out and are living in the farthest horizons, I will gather you from there, and bring you to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.' Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forelection, privileges ofReturning To GodRevival, CorporateGathering IsraelA Place For God's Name

Jehovah's justice will pardon Zion. Those who return will be pardoned by Jehovah's righteousness. Verse ConceptsA Righteous Peopleredeemed

When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live. Verse ConceptsTurning From EvilLife Through Repentance

Then you will see this and rejoice. Your heart will shake with joy. The riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you. Verse ConceptsAffluenceSea DwellersLight Of God's PeoplePlenty Through GodSwellingGetting RichThe SeaSmilingWealth And Prosperity

In the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established as the highest of the mountains and exalted above the hills. All the nations will stream to it. Verse ConceptsDays, LastThe Final Days Of TimeNames And Titles For The ChurchRevelation Of The FutureThe Temple In HeavenJerusalem In Millennial Kingdomend times prophecyEnd Of DaysEnd Times

Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGentiles, In OtBanner, Figurative UseHope, As ConfidenceMission, Of IsraelJesus Christ, KingChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesFlags

This is what Jehovah says: I will offer you peace like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem's arms and cuddled on her knees. Verse ConceptsAffluenceKneelingPeace, Promised ToKneesJerusalem In Millennial KingdomRiversHealing And ComfortPeace And ComfortPeace And StrengthFloodsBlessings And ProsperityWealth And Prosperitybreasts

If one does not repent God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow. Verse ConceptsSwordsThreateningsSharpening

But you would not listen or pay any attention. You would not give up your evil practice of sacrificing to other gods. Verse ConceptsListeningDifferent GodsListening To God

I Jehovah, the God of Israel, will turn against you and destroy all Judah. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemGod Opposing


Give me an answer, O Jehovah. Give me an answer so that this people may see that you are God. That you have made their hearts come back again. Verse ConceptsKnowing That There Is A GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

After Paul greeted them he reported in detail what God had done among the nations through his ministry. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In Nt


I considered my ways and turned my feet to your laws. Verse ConceptsMan's WaysSelf ExaminationExamining YourselfTurning To GodDirection


All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God, Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofServing JesusGod, Living And Self sustainingHonestyRepentance, Nature OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfTurning To GodWelcoming BelieversIdolatryAvoiding Idolatry

The congregation sent them on their way. They passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations. They brought great joy to all the brothers. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

They heard it said: He that once persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy. They glorified God because of me.


My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and one brings him back, let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a multitude of sins.


We had to celebrate and be happy. Your brother was dead. Now he is alive! He was lost and now he has been found!' Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

God raised up his servant and sent him to you first. He sent him to bless you and to turn every one of you from your wicked ways. Verse ConceptsChrist, The High PriestGod Raising ChristTo The Jew Firstservanthood

I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Christ has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to obey God in word and deed. Verse ConceptsCurbing SpeechMere TalkObeying The Gospel


When he arrived he saw the grace of God and was glad. He exhorted them all to remain true to the Lord as their only purpose of heart. Verse ConceptsHappinessHeart, And Holy SpiritGladnessSteadfastnessWhole HeartednessThe Grace Of GodPeople Encouraging OthersRejoicing In God's WorksWitnessing


I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of the nations, that they should repent and turn to God, and prove their repentance by deeds. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfPreaching, Content OfProof, As EvidenceRepentance, Nature OfRevelation, Responses ToUrgencyPreaching Gospel To ForeignersRepentance And ForgivenessSigns Of RepentanceWorks Of FaithRepentancedamascusevangelising

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts and give you obedient hearts. I will put my Spirit in you. I will enable you to live by my Laws, and you will obey my rules.

Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and establish a willing spirit in me. I will teach your ways to transgressors, and sinners will turn to you.

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus. They asked: Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? He took a little child and put him in the middle of them. He said: Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.


My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and one brings him back, let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized. He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced along with his entire house, having believed in God.

When Saul tried to leave Samuel, God changed his mind. That day all these signs happened. Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChanged HeartPeople TransformedMan's Words Fulfilledsaul

Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you. Verse ConceptsTurning From EvilThe Spirit TeachingReproving Peoplerebuking

The woman answered: I have no husband. Jesus replied to her: You said well, I have no husband. For you have had five husbands. The one you have now is not your husband, this is true.

They did not receive him because he traveled to Jerusalem. When his disciples James and John saw this they said: Lord, do you want us to request fire from heaven to consume them?


When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you. And when they repent in this Temple, humbly praying to you, Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions


When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God. Verse ConceptsDeathbedsAfflictions, Benefits OfGod KillingGod Killed His People


I will teach your ways to transgressors, and sinners will turn to you. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forThe Soul Winners JoyReturning To GodPeople Teaching



Receiving this command he threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsInjury To Feet

That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized. Verse ConceptsHourLove, For One AnotherRelatives Also InvolvedChristian BaptismBaptism




When he saw what was done the deputy believed. He was astonished at the teaching of God. Verse ConceptsProconsulMiracles, Responses ToThose Who Believed In ChristConversion, examples of

A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising



They brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and cots in order that the shadow might fall on them when Peter passed by. Verse ConceptsShadowsBedsUsing RoadsPeople Carrying Live PeopleHope And Healing


When they came to Jesus they saw the man who had been demon possessed. He was fully clothed and in full use of his senses. So they were afraid. Verse ConceptsExorcismsevil, victory overDemons, Delivered FromFear, Caused ByLiving WitnessesNakednessClothing OneselfDrawing Near To ChristSitting At The FeetRegaining SanityFear Of ChristThose Demonised


Philip said: If you believe with all your heart, you may. He answered: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ

Jesus said to him: Salvation has come to this house today. He is also a son of Abraham. Verse ConceptsTodayChildren Of AbrahamThe Gospel Of SalvationAdoption By Faith


He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil. Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing

Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest. Verse ConceptsThreatsThreateningsJudged As Murderersdamascusmotheringbreath


Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do. Verse ConceptsNecessityTeachablenessUnquestioning ServiceEntering CitiesGiving InformationGet Up!


I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of the nations, that they should repent and turn to God, and prove their repentance by deeds. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfPreaching, Content OfProof, As EvidenceRepentance, Nature OfRevelation, Responses ToUrgencyPreaching Gospel To ForeignersRepentance And ForgivenessSigns Of RepentanceWorks Of FaithRepentancedamascusevangelising

Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest. He asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, that if he found any there who belonged to The Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shined around him. read more.
He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me? Who are you Lord? He asked. The Lord said: I am Jesus whom you persecute. Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do. The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. Saul got up from the ground. Even though he opened his eyes, he saw nothing. They led him by the hand into Damascus. He went for three days without sight. He did not eat or drink. The disciple Ananias was in Damascus. The Lord spoke to Ananias in a vision: Ananias. He replied: Yes, I am here, Lord. The Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus for he is praying. He has seen a man named Ananias in a vision. He came in and laid his hand on him that he might receive his sight. Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your holy ones at Jerusalem. He has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name. The Lord said to him: Be on your way. This man is a chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations, and kings and the children of Israel. I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name. Ananias went his way. He entered the house and put his hands on him and said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared to you along the road sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he received sight. He got up and was baptized. He ate and was strengthened. Saul spent several days with the disciples at Damascus. He preached in the synagogues immediately. He preached Christ the Son of God. All who heard him were amazed. They asked: Is he the one who raised havoc with those who called on this name in Jerusalem? Did he come for that purpose to take them as prisoners to the chief priests? Saul increased in power and confounded the Jews living in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. After many days the Jews took counsel to kill him. Saul learned about their plot against him. They watched the gates day and night to kill him. During the night the disciples let him down by the wall in a basket. When Saul came to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples. They were afraid of him and did not believe he was a disciple. Barnabas led him to the apostles. He declared to them how he had seen the Lord in The Way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. He was with them coming in and going out of Jerusalem. He spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He had a dispute with the Greek speaking Jews and they made attempts to kill him. When the brothers detected this they brought him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus. The congregations throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria, were built up. They walked in deep respect for Jehovah and were comforted by the Holy Spirit and continued to grow.