¹¹ Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ^(A)‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked ^(B)turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For ^(C)why should you die, O house of Israel?’

^30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. ^(B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. ^31 (C)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a ^(D)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? ³² For ^(E)I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and ^(F)live!”

Preaching to Cornelius’ Household

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth and said: ^(A)“In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. ³⁵ But ^(B)in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is ^(C)accepted by Him.

³ For this is ^(A)good and acceptable in the sight ^(B)of God our Savior, ^4 (C)who desires all men to be saved ^(D)and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

²⁰ Behold, ^(A)I stand at the door and knock. ^(B)If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(C)I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

^17 (A)For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

²⁶ And He has made from one ^[a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and ^(A)the boundaries of their dwellings, ^27 (B)so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, ^(C)though He is not far from each one of us;