Acts 26:20 Cross References

Acts 26:20

20: I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

Matthew 3:8

  1. Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God.

Acts 3:19

  1. Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins.

Acts 2:38

  1. Peter replied, "Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 9:13

  1. Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' For I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

2 Timothy 2:25

  1. They should gently teach those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will believe the truth.
  2. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the Devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

Acts 9:35

  1. Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon turned to the Lord when they saw Aeneas walking around.

Acts 22:17

  1. "One day after I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple, and I fell into a trance.
  2. I saw a vision of Jesus saying to me, 'Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won't believe you when you give them your testimony about me.'
  3. "'But Lord,' I argued, 'they certainly know that I imprisoned and beat those in every synagogue who believed on you.
  4. And when your witness Stephen was killed, I was standing there agreeing. I kept the coats they laid aside as they stoned him.'
  5. "But the Lord said to me, 'Leave Jerusalem, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

Luke 13:5

  1. No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will also perish."

2 Corinthians 3:16

  1. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, then the veil is taken away.

Matthew 3:2

  1. "Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. "

Romans 11:18

  1. But you must be careful not to brag about being grafted in to replace the branches that were broken off. Remember, you are just a branch, not the root.
  2. "Well," you may say, "those branches were broken off to make room for me."
  3. Yes, but remember--those branches, the Jews, were broken off because they didn't believe God, and you are there because you do believe. Don't think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.

Luke 15:10

  1. In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."

Acts 15:19

  1. And so my judgment is that we should stop troubling the Gentiles who turn to God,

Revelation 3:3

  1. Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly and turn to me again. Unless you do, I will come upon you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

Revelation 2:5

  1. Look how far you have fallen from your first love! Turn back to me again and work as you did at first. If you don't, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.

Acts 26:17

  1. And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you to the Gentiles,

Hosea 14:2

  1. Bring your petitions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, "Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you the sacrifice of praise.

Acts 14:15

  1. "Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings like yourselves! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.
  2. In earlier days he permitted all the nations to go their own ways,
  3. but he never left himself without a witness. There were always his reminders, such as sending you rain and good crops and giving you food and joyful hearts."
  4. But even so, Paul and Barnabas could scarcely restrain the people from sacrificing to them.
  5. Now some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the crowds into a murderous mob. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, apparently dead.

2 Peter 1:5

  1. So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
  2. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.
  3. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.
  4. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hosea 12:6

  1. So now, come back to your God! Act on the principles of love and justice, and always live in confident dependence on your God.

Acts 11:18

  1. When the others heard this, all their objections were answered and they began praising God. They said, "God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of turning from sin and receiving eternal life."

Ephesians 4:17

  1. With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.
  2. Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
  3. They don't care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways. Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed.
  4. But that isn't what you were taught when you learned about Christ.
  5. Since you have heard all about him and have learned the truth that is in Jesus,

Acts 9:15

  1. But the Lord said, "Go and do what I say. For Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

Mark 6:12

  1. So the disciples went out, telling all they met to turn from their sins.

Romans 2:4

  1. Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

Luke 13:3

  1. Not at all! And you will also perish unless you turn from your evil ways and turn to God.

1 Peter 4:2

  1. And you won't spend the rest of your life chasing after evil desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
  2. You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
  3. Of course, your former friends are very surprised when you no longer join them in the wicked things they do, and they say evil things about you.
  4. But just remember that they will have to face God, who will judge everyone, both the living and the dead.

Luke 1:16

  1. And he will persuade many Israelites to turn to the Lord their God.

Revelation 16:11

  1. and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they refused to repent of all their evil deeds.

Acts 17:30

  1. God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.

Acts 9:19

  1. Afterward he ate some food and was strengthened. Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days.
  2. And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is indeed the Son of God!"
  3. All who heard him were amazed. "Isn't this the same man who persecuted Jesus' followers with such devastation in Jerusalem?" they asked. "And we understand that he came here to arrest them and take them in chains to the leading priests."
  4. Saul's preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn't refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.
  5. After a while the Jewish leaders decided to kill him.

2 Corinthians 7:10

  1. For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death.

Luke 15:7

  1. In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!

Ephesians 6:1

  1. Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
  2. "Honor your father and mother." This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise.
  3. And this is the promise: If you honor your father and mother, "you will live a long life, full of blessing."
  4. And now a word to you fathers. Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.
  5. Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.

Ezekiel 18:30

  1. "Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn from your sins! Don't let them destroy you!
  2. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
  3. I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!

1 Thessalonians 1:9

  1. for they themselves keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the true and living God.

1 Peter 1:14

  1. Obey God because you are his children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.
  2. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God--who chose you to be his children--is holy.
  3. For he himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy."

Acts 20:21

  1. I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike--the necessity of turning from sin and turning to God, and of faith in our Lord Jesus.

Matthew 4:17

  1. From then on, Jesus began to preach, "Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. "

Luke 24:46

  1. And he said, "Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah must suffer and die and rise again from the dead on the third day.
  2. With my authority, take this message of repentance to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: 'There is forgiveness of sins for all who turn to me.'

Revelation 2:21

  1. I gave her time to repent, but she would not turn away from her immorality.

Matthew 21:30

  1. Then the father told the other son, 'You go,' and he said, 'Yes, sir, I will.' But he didn't go.
  2. Which of the two was obeying his father?" They replied, "The first, of course." Then Jesus explained his meaning: "I assure you, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.
  3. For John the Baptist came and showed you the way to life, and you didn't believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to turn from your sins and believe him.

Luke 19:8

  1. Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have overcharged people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!"
  2. Jesus responded, "Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a son of Abraham.

Titus 2:2

  1. Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have strong faith and be filled with love and patience.
  2. Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that is appropriate for someone serving the Lord. They must not go around speaking evil of others and must not be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good.
  3. These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children,
  4. to live wisely and be pure, to take care of their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.
  5. In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely in all they do.

1 Peter 2:9

  1. But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
  2. "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."
  3. Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls.
  4. Be careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe and give honor to God when he comes to judge the world.

Psalms 22:27

  1. The whole earth will acknowledge the LORD and return to him. People from every nation will bow down before him.

Isaiah 55:7

  1. Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 31:19

  1. I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'
  2. "Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?" asks the LORD. "I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

Lamentations 3:40

  1. Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD.

Acts 11:26

  1. When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching great numbers of people. (It was there at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)
  2. During this time, some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  3. One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings to predict by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)
  4. So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could.
  5. This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

Acts 13:46

  1. Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
  2. For this is as the Lord commanded us when he said, 'I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"
  3. When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were appointed to eternal life became believers.

Luke 3:8

  1. Prove by the way you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God. Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.
  2. Even now the ax of God's judgment is poised, ready to sever your roots. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire."
  3. The crowd asked, "What should we do?"
  4. John replied, "If you have two coats, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry."
  5. Even corrupt tax collectors came to be baptized and asked, "Teacher, what should we do?"
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