'Receive' in the Bible
I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.
How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?
He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.
No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
He who sets me at naught and does not receive my teachings is not left without a judge: the Message which I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
That Spirit the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him, because He remains by your side and is in you.
As yet you have not asked for anything in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your hearts may be filled with gladness.
Having said this He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.