- Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.
- I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.
- For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
- Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
- The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
- I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
- As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
- Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.
- Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
- And My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
- Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper,
But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion. - For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.
- From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
- If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.
- Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
- “For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live!”
- “And tear your heart and not merely your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in mercy
And relenting of catastrophe. - So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent.
- The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the gospel.
- No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
- “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of armies, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of armies.
- Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.Pursue peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.Next verse!With image