Top 14 Bible Verses About Acceptance

Update on January 25, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

God accepts us for who we are, as long as we come to Him with true hearts and make an effort, with His help, to do the right thing. We should also reach out and continually show love to others by accepting them as well. As humans, sometimes we struggle to accept others, especially if they are a different ethnic background or follow a different religion, or maybe even if they sin in a different way than you or I sin.

Here are our top 14 Bible verses about acceptance to study and help you learn how to better accept people through the eyes of the Lord.

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

- Genesis 4:7

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

- Romans 15:7

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

- Romans 8:31

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

- Ephesians 1:3-6

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

- Psalm 139:14-16

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

- 1 Timothy 1:15

For God shows no partiality.

- Romans 2:11

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

- Proverbs 13:20

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

- 1 Peter 3:8

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

- Romans 3:23

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

- 1 Timothy 5:8

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

- John 6:37

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

- John 1:12

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And the King will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

- Matthew 25:40

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Total Quotes Found: 14

5 Stories From The Bible About Acceptance

Here are 5 stories from the Bible that relate to Acceptance.

Accepting Leaders

The Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth that he was sending Titus, telling them that Titus “not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord” (2 Corinthians 8:7). Titus was eager to go of his own free will, so in Paul, in sending Titus and another brother, wanted them to give these men full acceptance and the hand of fellowship.

Accepting Others

Since we’ve been accepted by God through Jesus Christ, “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God” (Romans 15:7). If God has opened heaven’s gate for us, we ought to remember that our brothers and sisters are going there too. If God has accepted them, then we out to accept them too. Remember, they have to accept us too!

Accept it Not

Many people can hear error the moment it’s heard. We cannot accept any teaching, whether it’s new or old, if it’s contrary to Scripture. I’ve discovered that “If it’s new, it’s not from God; if it’s from God, it’s not new,” and I think that’s true, so “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works” (2 John 1:10-11).

Accept it Gladly

On the other hand, we are to embrace those who teach the pure, unadulterated Word of God. The Apostle Paul said that “we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers” (1 Thessalonians 2:13). Be the Bereans…search the Scriptures, and then embrace it as truth.

Judging Others

If we are to judge, we must be careful. We can’t know the human heart, and all too often, we get it wrong, therefore, Jesus said, “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1-2). If our standards are higher for others than ourselves, we’re walking around with a log beam in our eye and that will cloud our vision of others (Matthew 7:3-5).

I’m just glad that God accepted us in Jesus Christ. We were accepted by the Beloved by the sinless life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-5). God did not give us what we deserved, but rather, He gave us what we needed. God accepts us only because of what Jesus Christ did for us. If you’ve never trusted in Christ, then you have a day of judgment coming; either at Jesus’ return (Revelation 20:12-15), or after death (Hebrews 9:27). That’s why today is called the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2), and not “tomorrow.”

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