'Accepted' in the Bible

and he said, 'Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;

because indeed the exhortation he accepted, and being more diligent, of his own accord he went forth unto you,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

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;