12 Bible Verses about Repentance And Forgiveness
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From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.
And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.
So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,