'Accepted' in the Bible

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the favor of God abound greatly].”

And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

The one who has accepted His testimony has affirmed that God is true.

"If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted.

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.

Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.

But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have communicated to them our decision that they are carefully to abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."

In the vicinity of that place there were estates belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed and entertained us hospitably for three days.

For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?

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.

Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.

That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

For after the world by its wisdom--as God in His wisdom had ordained--had failed to gain the knowledge of God, God was pleased, by the apparent foolishness of the Message which we preach, to save those who accepted it.

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.

Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

His affection is greater than ever as he remembers the obedience [to his guidance] that all of you exhibited, and how you received him with the greatest respect.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

For it is not he who commends and praises himself who is approved [by God], but it is the one whom the Lord commends and praises.

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

and ye became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,

Because of this also, we -- we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day [that is, glorified through the changed lives of those who have accepted Him as Savior and have been set apart for His purpose], and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed and trusted [and confirmed in your lives].

but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

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.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did, and by faith he was declared to be righteous, since God himself accepted his offerings. And by faith he continues to speak, even though he is dead.

Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he [stopped me and] said to me, “You must not do that; I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who have and hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God [alone]. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [His life and teaching are the heart of prophecy].”

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.