Bible verses about "conversion" | WPNT

² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near!”

⁴² So be watchful, because you (pl) do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

²¹ Because then there will be a great tribulation, such as has never been since the beginning of the world until now, and never again will be. ²² And unless those days were cut short no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

¹ Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men (magi) from the East came into Jerusalem, ² saying: “Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the East and have come to worship him.” ³ When Herod the king heard it he became agitated, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And gathering all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ So they said to him: “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it stands written by the prophet: ⁶ ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are not at all the least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a Ruler who will shepherd my people Israel’.”

²² And unless those days were cut short no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

¹² Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they would sacrifice the Paschal lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare, so that you may eat the Passover?”

¹³ So the one who perseveres to the end, he will be saved.

¹³ “Go in through the narrow gate; because wide is the gate and broad is the way which leads away into perdition, and those who are going in through it are many. ¹⁴ How narrow is the gate and confined the way which leads away into life, and those who are finding it are few!

⁴⁴ Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour that you do not suppose.

¹⁷ Then some of His disciples said among themselves “What is this that He’s telling us, ‘In just a little you won’t see me, and in another little you will see me,’ and because ‘I am going to the Father’?”

³⁶ So be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that are about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

¹² But, when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name, Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹⁶ Now get up and stand on your feet; because I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen and of the things I will reveal to you, ¹⁷ delivering you from ‘the people’ and the ethnic nations, to which I am sending you: ¹⁸ to open their eyes, so as to bring them back from darkness into light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified, by faith into me.’

²⁸ So Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to become a Christian!” ²⁹ So Paul said, “Whether sooner or later, I pray to God that not only you but also all who are hearing me this day may become such as I am, except for these chains.” ³⁰ Upon his saying this, the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them; ³¹ and when they had withdrawn they started talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains”. ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free, if he had not appealed to Caesar”.

³³ In that same hour of the night he took them aside and washed their wounds, and thereupon he and all his family were baptized.

¹⁶ I say then: walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

⁴ who gave Himself for our sins, so that He might deliver us out of this present malignant age, according to the will of our God and Father,

³⁷ Now upon hearing this they were cut to the heart and said to Peter, and the rest of the Apostles, “Men, brothers, what shall we do?!” ³⁸ So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far away —as many, that is, as the Lord our God may call.”

³⁰ Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent, ³¹ because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

¹⁷ so then, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old things have passed on; look, all has become new!

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn around, so that your sins may be erased, in order that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s face

³² and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free.”

¹³ Now may the God of the hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in that hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

⁸ Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Sinners, cleanse your hands! Double-minded, purify your hearts!

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn around, so that your sins may be erased, in order that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s face ²⁰ and that He may send Jesus, who had been ordained to be your Messiah, ²¹ whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which times God spoke long ago by the mouth of all His holy prophets.

²² that you put away, concerning your former way of life, the old man (that keeps on being corrupted by the deceitful desires),

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

³⁸ So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.