In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea
and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near! ”
“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
“I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish — ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.
“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —
not from works, so that no one can boast.
So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.