– Change path. Abandon idolatry to worship the true God:
Acts 14:14 : But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, when they realized this, tore their clothes.
Acts 26:18 : To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light.
1Th 1 :9 : How you abandoned idols and turned to God.
– Abandonment of sin to go to God through penance:
1Kings 8,46-50 : If, in the land of their exile, coming to themselves, they repent of their sins.
2Ch 7,14 : If he renounces his evil ways, I will hear from heaven and heal his land.
Tb 13,8 : Repent, sinners, and practice justice before God, trusting that he will show you mercy.
Eclo 17,21-24 : Convert to the Lord, abandon your sins.
Is 55,7 : Renounce the wicked to his behavior, and the sinner to his projects.
Ez 33,11 : I am not pleased with the death of the sinner, but rather with his conversion.
Lk 24:47 : And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name.
Acts 3:19 : Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.
– It is knowledge of one’s own sin, of one’s mistakes, and the desire to change oneself in order to live better:
Is 10:17-23 : The light of Israel will become a fire and her Holy One a flame to burn and devour her bushes.
Ez 18,21 : If, however, the evil one renounces all his errors to practice my laws.
Gal 1,13-14 : I used to live in Judaism, with which excess I persecuted the Church of God and devastated her.
Gal 2,12-13 : The other converted Jews followed his equivocal attitude.
Mk 1,2-3 : Decide the way of the Lord, make his paths straight (Mal 3,1; Is 40,3).
Lc 13,3-4 : But if you do not repent, you will all perish in the same way.
Acts 3:19 : Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.
2Cor 7,9-10 : Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because that sadness led you to penance.
Rev 2,5 : Remember, then, from whence you fell. Repent and return to your first works.
– God’s grace is necessary for conversion:
Ps 79,4 : Restore us, O Lord; show us your face serene and we will be saved.
Jr 31,18ss : Convert me, however, and may I return, since you are the Lord, my God.
Lam 5:21 : Bring us back to you, Lord, and we will return. Make us relive the days of old.
John 6:44 : No one can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him.
– God promises forgiveness to true conversion:
Deuteronomy 4:29 : Then you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him.
2Ch 7,14 : If he renounces his evil ways, I will hear from heaven and heal his land.
2Ch 34,26s : Says the Lord […] concerning the words that you heard: because your heart was moved.
Ps 31 :5: Then I confessed my sin to you, and I no longer concealed my guilt.
Pr 28:13 : Whoever conceals his faults will not prosper; whoever confesses them and hates them obtains mercy.
Eclo 17,28 : How great is the mercy of the Lord, and the forgiveness he bestows on those who turn to him!
Is 1,16ss : Remove your evil deeds from before my eyes. Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Is 45:22 : Return to me, and you will be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God.
Is 55,7 : Let the wicked renounce his behavior, and the sinner his plans; return to the Lord.
Jer 18:8 : But if that nation […] turns away from the evil it has committed, I repent of the punishment with which I decided to punish it.
Jer 29:12 : You will call upon me and come to plead with me, and I will answer you.
Ez 18,21 : If, however, the evil one renounces all his errors to practice my laws.
Ez 33,14s : If I had said to the sinner that he would die if he renounced evil.
– Suffering helps conversion:
Ps 82:17 : I have covered their faces with shame, so that they, defeated, may seek your name, Lord.
Ez 6,9s : I will break your heart that prostituted you far from me.
The 2,8s : Therefore I will close up his way with thorns and surround him with a wall.
Lc 15,17-24 : My father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
– Is to pass from death to life:
Dt 30,15.19 : See, I set before you today life with good, and death with evil.
Lc 13,2-3 : But if you do not repent, you will all perish in the same way.
Luke 15:24 : This my son was dead, and is alive again; he had been lost, and was found.
Acts 11:18 : Therefore, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life!
– It is a condition for entering the kingdom of God:
Lk 13,3.5 : No, I tell you. But if you do not repent, you will all perish in the same way.
Acts 17:30 : God […] now invites all men everywhere to repent.
– Preached by John the Baptist:
Mt 3,2 : Do penance because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Mk 1 :4 : John the Baptist appeared in the desert and preached a baptism of conversion for the remission of sins.
Lc 3,3 : He traveled all over the Jordan region, preaching the baptism of repentance.
Jo 1,23 : I am the voice that cries out in the desert: Make straight the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said (Is 40,3).
– By Jesus:
Mt 4,17 : Do penance, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Mk 1,15 : The time has come and the Kingdom of God is at hand; do penance and believe in the Gospel.
– And by the apostles:
Acts 5:31 : God raised him up by his right hand as Prince and Saviour, in order to bring repentance to Israel.
Acts 8:22 : Repent of this your wickedness and pray to God, so that, if possible, it may be forgiven you.
– Also to the pagans:
Acts 11:18 : Therefore, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life!
– Conversion is believing in the Gospel:
Mk 1,15 : The time has come and the Kingdom of God is at hand; do penance and believe in the Gospel.
– Allow yourself to be reconciled with God:
2Cor 5,20 : In the name of Christ we implore you: be reconciled with God!
– There is joy in heaven over the conversion of one sinner:
Lc 15,7.10.22-23 : I tell you that there will be jubilation among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
– Conversion of Saul:
Acts 9,3-4 : Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”.
Acts 22,1-8 : And as I approached Damascus, at noon, suddenly a strong light from heaven surrounded me.
Acts 26:12-15 : I was on my way when a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shone.
– See PENANCE, RECONCILIATION.
