45 Bible Verses about Acceptance

So, welcome one another, just as Christ has welcomed you [or, "us"], as a way of honoring God.

for God said [Isa. 49:8], "I listened to you at the right time [i.e., when you needed my favor], and I helped you on the day of your salvation." Look, now is the right time [to accept God's favor]; now is the day of salvation.

so that we would praise His glorious, unearned favor, which was freely given to us through the One whom God loved [i.e., Christ].

For if their rejection [by God] meant that [the rest of] the world could be restored to favor [with God], what would [God's] receiving the Jews back into fellowship be, except like dead people coming back to life?

And He said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his own home town.

For they went out, [ministering] for the sake of [Jesus'] name, without taking [any money] from Gentiles [i.e., non-Christians].

But He gave all those who did welcome Him the opportunity of becoming children of God by believing in His name [i.e., as the Messiah].

This saying is trustworthy and deserves to be fully accepted: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the worst of them all.

for there is no favoritism with God.

So, we are also eager to please God very much, whether we are at home [in our body] or away from it.

For am I seeking [to gain] the favor of men or of God? Or, am I striving to please people [by what I do]? If I were still [trying] to please people, I would not be a [true] servant of Christ.

But not everyone [of the Israelites] obeyed [that] good news. For Isaiah said [Isa. 53:1], "Lord, who has believed our message?"

but that whoever respects Him and does what is right, whatever country he may be from, is acceptable to Him.

Each person should remain in the [same] state he was in when he was called [by God].

For if the eagerness is there, [then] whatever a person has [to give] is acceptable, and not what he does not have.

Those of you who seek to be right with God by observing the requirements of the law of Moses have severed yourselves from [your relationship with] Christ; you have fallen away from God's unearned favor.

I have come in my Father's name [i.e., by His authority] and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name [i.e., by his own authority], you will accept him.

For this reason, the promise [i.e., of being made right with God] comes through faith [in God], according to His unearned favor, so that it may be [given] with certainty to all of Abraham's descendants. The promise is given not only to those [who live] under the law [i.e., the Jews], but also to [all] those [who live] by faith, like Abraham. Abraham is the [spiritual] father of all of us [believers],

So, if you profess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe with your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

And because of this we also thank God continually that, when you people received the message of God, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as a message from [mere] human beings, but as it truly is, the message from God, which is at work in you believers.

to proclaim the year of the Lord's acceptance [i.e., the time when people would become His obedient followers]."

[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.

For we are waiting for the hope [to be fulfilled] of being made right with God by [the power of] the Holy Spirit.

The person who can eat anything should not look down on the person who cannot eat [what was used in idolatrous worship]; and the person who cannot eat [such things] should not pass judgment on the person who can. For God accepts that person, too.

For it is not the person who commends himself that is approved [by God], but the one whom the Lord commends.

So, since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in [fellowship with] Him,

On that day Jesus will return to be honored by His saints [i.e., God's holy people] and to be marveled at [i.e., in reverence] by all those who had believed [in Him]. [This will happen] because you have believed our testimony to you [about Christ].

For you showed sympathy for those who were in prison and accepted it joyfully when your [own] possessions were taken away, [because] you knew that you yourselves had a better and more permanent possession [in heaven].

If I testify about myself, my testimony is not [considered] true.

And the person who does what is wrong will be repaid for his wrongdoing, for there is no favoritism [with God].

He went to the second son and said the same thing. That son replied, '[Yes], sir, I will,' [but] then did not go.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own people. But since you do not belong to the world, for I chose you out of it, that is why the world hates you.

Then let it be known to you that salvation from God is [now] being announced to the Gentiles. They will listen [to it]." {{Some ancient manuscripts insert verse

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had responded to the message of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

And when he came [back] to Jerusalem, Saul attempted to associate himself with the disciples but they were afraid of him [because of his past], and could not believe that he was a [true] disciple.

I [virtually] robbed other churches by accepting [financial] support from them in order to serve you.