Acts 17:30

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

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  • Luke 24:47 : 47 ‹And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.›
  • Acts 14:16 : 16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
  • Acts 26:17-20 : 17 ‹Delivering thee from the people, and› [from] ‹the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,› 18 ‹To open their eyes,› [and] ‹to turn› [them] ‹from darkness to light, and› [from] ‹the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.› 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Mark 6:12 : 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
  • Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
  • Rom 3:23 : 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 ‹I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.›
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 ‹Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.›
  • Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Ps 50:21 : 21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›
  • Mark 1:15 : 15 And saying, ‹The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.›
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • Acts 17:23 : 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • Eph 4:17-32 : 17 ¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
  • Eph 5:6-8 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • 1 Pet 1:14-15 : 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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