Accepting Christ

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

For there is no partiality with God.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

not of works, that no one would boast.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”

I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. — read the full passage →

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →