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20 Bible Verses About Repentance

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  • The Greek verb for repent, metanoeo, means to change one’s mind or purpose, and Acts 26:20 joins it to turning to God and to deeds that fit it.
  • Ezekiel 33:11 and 2 Peter 3:9 both give God’s reason for calling people to repent: he does not want them to die or perish.
  • When the crowds asked John the Baptist, “What then shall we do?”, he told them to share clothing and food; he told tax collectors to collect no more than authorized and soldiers not to extort money (Luke 3:10-14).
  • In Acts 2:38 Peter tells the crowd to repent and be baptized “for the forgiveness of your sins” and says they will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Revelation 2:5 and 3:19 are calls to repent addressed to churches, the churches in Ephesus and Laodicea.

In the Bible, repentance is a turn from sin to God that shows in how a person lives. Jesus opens his preaching in Galilee with “repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15), Ezekiel calls Israel to “turn back” and live (Ezekiel 33:11), and David says God will not despise “a broken and contrite heart” (Psalm 51:17). The New Testament verb is metanoeo, which Strong’s defines as “to change one’s mind or purpose.” The New Testament calls for that change…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 3340, μετανοέω (metanoeo): to change one’s mind or purpose; repent. biblehub.com/greek/3340

Strong’s Greek 3341, μετάνοια (metanoia): literally a change of mind; repentance. biblehub.com/greek/3341

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