Quotes about Rejection
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
— Acts 22:18
Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
— Acts 28:24
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
— Romans 1:28
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
— Romans 2:8
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
— Romans 10:16
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
— Romans 10:21
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
— Romans 11:1
God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
— Romans 11:2
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
— Romans 11:7
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
— Romans 11:15
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
— 1 Thessalonians 2:16
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
— 1 Thessalonians 4:8