12 Bible Verses about Repentance And Forgiveness

"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

At that time Jesus began to proclaim-- "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent."

"The time has come, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the Good News."

So they set out, and proclaimed the need of repentance.

And that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed on his authority to all the nations--beginning at Jerusalem.

So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God's angels over one outcast that repents."

Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,

I earnestly pointed both Jews and Greeks to the repentance that leads to God, and to faith in Jesus, our Lord.

On the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.

Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God--