Repentance

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

and saying--`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place--if thou mayest not reform;

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

in meekness instructing those opposing--if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,

And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill: — read the full passage →

And having gone forth they were preaching that <FI>men<Fi> might reform,

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, — read the full passage →

I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us; — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last--to believe him.

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe--that is, in the Christ--Jesus;'

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,

He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth <FI>hour<Fi> , — read the full passage →

make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father--Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.' — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and having fallen away, again to renew <FI>them<Fi> to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, — read the full passage →

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. — read the full passage →

and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →