'Acceptable' in the Bible
And he said, "Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] hometown.
but in every nation the one who fears him and who does what is right is acceptable to him.
with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.
For he says, "At the acceptable time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now [is] the acceptable time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation!
For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.
But I have received everything [in full] and have an abundance; {I am well supplied} [because] I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.