Quotes About Acceptance

and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

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

I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.

no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.