The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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