18 Bible Verses about Converts To Christianity

AND when he was at Jerusalem at the feast of the passover many believed on him, seeing his miracles which he performed;

And many believed on him there.

Nevertheless, many of the rulers believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogues; for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished. And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;read more.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money, saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money. You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God. Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you; for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness. And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.

AND a certain man at Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which was called the Italian, a pious man, and one fearing God with all his house, and bestowing many charities on the people, and praying to God always, saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.read more.
And looking steadily at him and being afraid, he said, What is wanted, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and charities have come up as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and call for a certain Simon who is called Peter; he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea. And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of the house servants, and a pious soldier of those that attended constantly on him, and having related all things to them sent them to Joppa. And on the next day, as they were pursuing their journey and had come nigh to the city, Peter went upon the house to pray, about the sixth hour. And he was hungry and wished to eat; and while they were preparing a trance came upon him, and he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by four corners to the earth, in which were all the quadrupeds and reptiles of the earth, and birds of heaven. And a voice came to him, Arise, Peter, kill and eat. But Peter said, By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing common and impure. And a voice came to him again, a second time, What God has purified, regard not common. And this was done thrice, and immediately the vessel was taken up to heaven. And while Peter doubted with himself what the vision which he had seen meant, behold, even [then] the men sent by Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate, and calling aloud asked if Simon who was called Peter lodged there. And while Peter was considering of the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, men seek you; arise and go down and go with them without hesitation, for I have sent them. And Peter went down to the men and said, Behold, I am the man whom you seek; what is the cause for which you have come? And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and hear words from you. Then he called them in and entertained them. And the next day he arose and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him. And on the day following they came to Caesarea; and Cornelius was expecting them, and had called together his relations and particular friends. And when Peter came in Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet worshipped him. But Peter raised him up saying, Arise, I also am a man. And conversing with him he went in, and found many come together; and he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a Jew to associate with a man of another nation, or come into his house; and God has taught me not to call any man common or impure; wherefore, being sent for I also came without objecting. I ask therefore for what reason you have sent for me? And Cornelius said, From the fourth hour of the day I fasted till this hour, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in splendid clothing, and said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your charities are remembered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon who is called Peter; he lodges at the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who when he has come will speak to you. Immediately therefore I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things which God has commanded you.

Wherefore I judge that we ought not to trouble those who turned to God from the gentiles,

AND after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brothers in every city in which we preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.

And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

but certain men adhering to him believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

and [salute] the assembly at their house. Salute Epenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

I thank my God always for you, for the grace of God given you in Christ Jesus, that in every thing you are enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge, as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble [are called]; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world has God chosen to put to shame the mighty, and the ignoble things of the world and things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are,read more.
that no flesh may glory in the sight of God. But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption, that as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, commendatory epistles to you or from you? You are our epistle, written by our hearts, known and read by all men, for you are manifestly an epistle of Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hearts of flesh.

For if I should even boast some of our authority which the Lord gave for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates? But I hope you will know that we are not reprobates. We wish to God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do good though we should be as reprobates.read more.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong; and we desire this, your perfection. For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.

For I wish you to know what a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were called and made the good profession before many witnesses.

But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings, partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated.