What Does the Bible Say About Converts?

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Intreat: or, Be not against me”

“Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make: Cald. a decree is made by me any: Cald. error cut: Cald. made pieces”

“Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.”

“Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.”

“So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.”

“And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. the LORD: or, JEHOVAH”

“Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.”

“Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly , and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. offered: Heb. sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows”

“But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.”

“And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:”

“Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:”

“And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:”

“But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”

“But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;”

“Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin”

“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”

“But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

“And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;”

“And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:”

“A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.”

“And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”

“And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.”

“And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

“And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?”

“And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.”

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”

“Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”

“They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”

“And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.”

“But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”

“Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.”

“Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.”

“And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.”

“One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.”

“He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. the Christ: or, the Anointed”

“The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.”

“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,”

“Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”

“The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”

“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.”

“Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.”

“Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.”

“And as he journeyed , he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:”

“Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.”

“Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.”

“Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.”

“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.”

“And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.”

“And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.”

“And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.”

“Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.”

“Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,”