And though I have no wish to glorify myself, God is going to glorify me. He is the true judge.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.

And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.”

Jesus, the True Vine

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

Pilate said, “So you are a king?” Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

Stephen Addresses the Council

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these accusations true?”

When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

Peter finally came to his senses. “It’s really true!” he said. “The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!”

Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?

But the apostles stayed there a long time, preaching boldly about the grace of the Lord. And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders.

She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we agreed.

And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.

For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.

No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful?

Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true.

You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.

It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.

You are reasonable people. Decide for yourselves if what I am saying is true.