Acceptance

Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.

He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.

For there is no partiality with God.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.”

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; not even to eat with such a person.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem;

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.