Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. | Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. | Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. |
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Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. | Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do. |
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. | So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. |
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have. | For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. |
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.” | Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” |
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 to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God. |