Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.”

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.

For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.

For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.