Bible verses about "conversion" | Coverdale

⁷ The lawe of the LORDE is a perfecte lawe, it quickeneth the soule. The testimony of ye LORDE is true, & geueth wisdome euen vnto babes.

² saynge: Amede youre selues, the kyngdome of heuen is at honde.

⁴² Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come.

²¹ For then shal there be greate trouble, soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme, ner shalbe. ²² Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

¹ When Iesus was borne at Bethlee in Iury, in the tyme of Herode the kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusale, ² saynge: Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues? We haue sene his starre in the east, and are come to worship him. ³ When Herode ye kynge had herde thys, he was troubled, & all Ierusale with hym, ⁴ and he gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of ye people, & axed of them, where Christ shulde be borne. ⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet: ⁶ And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda. For out of ye shall come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel.

²² Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

¹³ But whoso endureth vnto ye ende, ye same shal be saued.

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate, and broade is the waye, that leadeth to destruccion: & many there be, which go in therat. ¹⁴ But strayte is the gate, and narowe ys the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it.

⁴⁴ Therfore be ye ready also, for in the houre that ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.

³⁶ Watch therfore cotynually, and praye, that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come, & to stode before ye sonne of man.

¹² And vpon ye first daye of swete bred, wha the Easter lambe was offered, his disciples sayde vnto him: Where wilt thou yt we go and prepare, yt thou mayest eate ye Easter labe?

¹² Howbeit whan they beleued Philips preachinge of ye kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesu Christ, they were baptysed both me & weme.

¹⁶ But ryse vp, and stonde vpon thy fete, for therfore haue I appeared vnto the, that I mighte ordeyne the to be a mynister and witnesse of it that thou hast sene, and that I wyll yet cause to appeare vnto the. ¹⁷ And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, ¹⁸ to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.

¹⁷ The saide some of his disciples amonge themselues: What is this that he sayeth vnto vs, After a litle whyle, and ye shal not se me: & agayne after a litle whyle, & ye shal se me: for I go to the father?

²⁸ Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Thou persuadest me in a parte to become a Christen. ²⁹ Paul sayde: I wolde to God, that (not onely in a parte but alltogether,) I mighte persuade not the onely, but all them that heare me this daye, to be soch I am, these bondes excepte. ³⁰ And whan he had spoken this, the kynge rose vp, and the Debyte, and Bernice, and they that sat with them, ³¹ and wente asyde, and talked together, and sayde: This man hath done nothinge that is worthy of death or of bondes. ³² But Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: This man mighte haue bene lowsed, yf he had not appealed vnto the Emperoure.

³³ And he toke them to him in the same houre of the night, and wasshed their strypes. And immediatly was he baptysed, and all his.

¹⁶ I saye: Walke in the sprete, and so shal ye not fulfill the lustes off the flesshe.

⁴ which gaue him selfe for oure synnes, that he mighte delyuer vs from this present euel worlde, acordinge to the wyll of God oure father,

³⁰ And truly God hath ouersene the tyme of ignoraunce: But now he commaundeth all men euery where to repente, ³¹ because he hath appoynted a daye, in the which he wyl iudge the copasse of the worlde, with righteousnesse, by that one man in who he hath appoynted it: and offred faith vnto all men, after that he had raysed him vp from the deed.

³⁷ Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do? ³⁸ Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost. ³⁹ For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call.

¹⁷ Therfore yf eny man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Olde thinges are past awaye, beholde, all are become new.

¹⁹ Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE,

³² and ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shal make you fre.

¹³ The God off hope fyll you wt all ioye and peace in beleuynge, yt ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow ye power of the holy goost.

⁸ Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded.

¹⁹ Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE, ²⁰ and whan he shal sende him, which now before is preached vnto you, euen Iesus Christ: ²¹ which must receaue heauen vntyll the tyme that all thinges, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophetes sence ye worlde beganne, be restored agayne.

²² So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes:

¹⁶ Who so beleueth and is baptysed, shalbe saued: but who so beleueth not, shalbe damned.

³⁸ Peter sayde onto them: Amede youre selues, and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ, for the remyssion of synnes, and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost.