58 Bible Verses about Acceptance
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Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.
For He says:
I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.
Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.
For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.
since they set out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from pagans.
But to all who did receive Him,
He gave them the right to be children of God,
to those who believe in His name,
If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
But all did not obey the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?
If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.
but in every nation the person who fears Him and does righteousness is acceptable to Him.
He said about Asher:
May Asher be the most blessed of the sons;
may he be the most favored among his brothers
and dip his foot in olive oil.
And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
I will bring them to My holy mountain
and let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on My altar,
for My house will be called a house of prayer
for all nations.”
I have come in My Father’s name, yet you don’t accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.
For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.
You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
Neither you nor a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you
and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.
I will glorify My beautiful house.
in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.
For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.
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Then the man went to the other and said the same thing.
“‘I will, sir,’ he answered. But he didn’t go.
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
And he said to him, “All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.
This is what the Lord says:
I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
“When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
Topics on Acceptance
Acceptance Of Bribes
Exodus 23:8You must not take a bribe,
Acceptance, divine
Jeremiah 14:10-12This is what the Lord says concerning these people:
they never rest their feet.
So the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins.
Acceptance, From God
2 Kings 13:23but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them,
Acceptance, Of Gifts
1 Samuel 25:35Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace.
Acceptance, Of Instruction
Job 22:22
and place His sayings
Acceptance, Of Jesus Christ
John 1:12
He gave them the right
to those who believe
Acceptance, Of One Another
1 Corinthians 15:10But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.
Acceptance, Of The Gospel
1 Timothy 1:15This saying is trustworthy
Acceptance, Of Worship
Leviticus 22:19-21must offer an unblemished male