'Accept' in the Bible
If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
"Not everyone can accept this saying," he replied, "except those to whom celibacy has been granted,
because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."
Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,
Others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."
They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't accept it.
Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.
I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved.
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.
How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?
When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"
and are advocating customs that we're not allowed to accept or practice as Romans."
and saw the Lord saying to me, "Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem at once, because the people won't accept your testimony about me.'
Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of arguing over differences of opinion.
Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you, for the glory of God.
A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated.
The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?
Since, then, we are working with God, we plead with you not to accept God's grace in vain.
Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported "by two or three witnesses."
The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.
If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God and because he has testified about his Son.
For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to receive the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them and throws them out of the church.