In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized 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 your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,
who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
Now 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.