How To Become A Christian

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.

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

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 →

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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.

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” — read the full passage →

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.

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

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

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

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

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

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

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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,

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

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,

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. — read the full passage →

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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!”

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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.”

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

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

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 →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

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.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

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

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

For many are called, but few chosen.”

Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” — read the full passage →

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

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

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” — read the full passage →

There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.” — read the full passage →

whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,