CONVERSION/CONVERT/ED
Greek:
epistrophe conversion meaning a turning about or upon as in Acts
15:3“Paul
and Barnabas declaring the conversion of the
Gentiles.”
epistrepho convert meaning to turn about or upon as in
James
5:20 “He which converteth the
sinner from the
error
of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide
a
multitude of sins.”
epistrepho converted meaning
to turn about or upon as in:
Matthew
13:15 “Lest at any time
they should see with their
eyes,
and hear with their ears, and should understand with
their
heart, and should be converted, and I should heal
them.”
Mark
4:12 “That seeing they may see, and not perceive;
and
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any
time
they should be converted, and their sins should be
forgiven
them.”
Luke
22:32 “Jesus: But I prayed for thee(Simon Peter), that
thy
faith fail not: and when thou are converted, strengthen
thy
brethren.”
John
12:40 “He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their
heart;
that they should not see with their eyes , not
understand
with their heart, and be converted, and I should
heal
them.”
Acts
3:19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted that your
sins
may be blotted out.”
Acts
28:27 “For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and
their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they
closed;
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with
their
ears, and understand with their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.”
strepho converted meaning to turn as in Matthew 18:3
“Except ye be
converted and become as little children, ye shall not
enter into
the kingdom of
heaven.”
NEW
TESTAMENT EXAMPLES:
1.
Nicodemus-
John 3:1-21 “Ye must be born again(gennao= to beget or
bring
forth; anagennao= to beget anew as in I Peter 1:23
“Being born again, not
of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth
for
ever.”.”(John 7:50; 19:39)
2.
Zacchaeus-
Luke 19:2-10 “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation
come
to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.”
3.
Levi(Matthew)-
Luke 5:27-32 “Jesus said, Follow me.
And Levi left all,
rose up, and followed Jesus.”
4.
Peter-
Matthew 16:16 “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John
6:69 “We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the
Son
of the living God.”
5.
Martha-
John 11:27 “Martha said unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou
art
the Christ, the son of God, which should come into the world.”
6.
John-
John 20:8 “Then went in also that other disciple(John), which came
first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed.”
7.
Samaritans-
John 4:42 “Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we
have heard him ourselves, and know that this is
indeed the
Christ, the Savior of the world.”
8.
Nobleman-
John 4:50-53 “He believed, and his whole house.”
9.
Blind Man Born Blind-
John 9:1-38 “Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I
might believe on him?
And Jesus said unto him,
Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh
with thee. And
he said, Lord, I believe, and he
worshipped him.”
10.
Jews at Pentecost-
Acts 2:37-38, 41 “What shall we do?
Then Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized everyone
of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
And they
that gladly received his word were baptized.”
11.
Ethiopian Eunuch-
Acts 8:27-39 “See, here is water; what doth hinder me
to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believest with
all thine heart, thou mayest, and he
answered and said, I
believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And
Philip
baptized him.”
12.
Saul of Tarsus-
Acts 9:1-18 “Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that
appeared
unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent
me,
that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with
the
Holy Ghost. And he received his
sight forth with, and
arose,
and was baptized.”
13.
Cornelius the Centurion-
Acts 10:1-48 “While Peter yet spake these
words, ‘through His name whosoever believeth
in him shall receive remission of sins.’
the Holy
Ghost, fell on all them which heard the word.
And Peter commanded them to be baptized
in
the name of the Lord.”
14.
Lydia- Acts 16:14-15 “Lydia whose heart the Lord opened, and
was
baptized and her household.”
15.
Philippian Jailer-
Acts 16:23-34 “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And
they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou
shalt be saved and thy house.
He was baptized , he and
all his, straightway.”
GREEK:
believe pisteuo meaning to adhere to, trust, rely on, to know fully
and experientially.
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