Scripture gives examples of individuals and peoples who have turned to God in conversion.
Examples of conversion in the OT
Peoples who turned to God
Isaiah 19:22 Egypt; Jonah 3:5–10 Nineveh
Individuals who turned to God
2 Kings 5:15 Naaman; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 Manasseh; Daniel 4:34–37 Nebuchadnezzar; Jonah 1:16 sailors on board ship with Jonah
Examples of conversion in the NT
Examples of people in general
John 4:42 people of Sychar; Acts 2:41 3,000 people on the day of Pentecost; Acts 8:12 Samaritans; Acts 9:35 people of Lydda and Sharon; Acts 15:3 Gentile converts
Examples of individual converts
Luke 15:18 the prodigal son; Luke 19:8–9 Zacchaeus; Acts 8:35–38 the Ethiopian eunuch; Acts 9:3–18 parallels Acts 22:6–11, Acts 26:12–18; Acts 10:44–48 Cornelius; Acts 13:12 the proconsul, Sergius Paulus; Acts 16:14–15 Lydia; Acts 16:29–34 the Philippian jailer
The prophetic vision of the future conversion of Israel and the nations
Israel's turning back to God
Hosea 3:5 See also Jeremiah 50:4–5; Hosea 11:10–11; Romans 11:26
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
The conversion of the nations
Jeremiah 16:19 See also Psalm 22:27–28; Isaiah 2:3 parallel Micah 4:2; Zechariah 14:16
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.