Acts 20:21

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Acts 20:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

23 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

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Acts 20:24

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 2:40

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 8:25

And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

Acts 18:5

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 28:23

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

1 John 5:11

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1 John 5:12

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:13

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Acts 18:4

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

Acts 19:17

This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

Romans 1:14

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:22

Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Acts 26:20

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:32

For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Mark 1:15

“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

Mark 6:12

So they set out and preached that the people should repent.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

Luke 15:7

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 24:47

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Romans 2:4

Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

2 Corinthians 7:10

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

2 Timothy 2:25

He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:26

Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

Acts 10:43

All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

Acts 13:38

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Acts 13:39

Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

John 3:15

that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Romans 3:22

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 3:23

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

Romans 3:24

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:25

God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Romans 3:26

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 4:24

but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 10:9

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Galatians 2:16

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

1 John 5:5

Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.