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Conversion
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or This is from ἐπιστρέφω,'to turn to.' It is in scripture the real effect that accompanies the new birth, a turning to God. It is beautifully expressed in the case of the Thessalonians, showing how they "turned to [the same word] God from idols, to serve the living and true God." 1 Thessalonians 1:9 . Paul and Barnabas were able to make known to the saints the 'conversion of the Gentiles.' Acts 15:3 . In Peter's address to the Jews he said, "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out." Acts 3:19 . Without being converted they could not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 . The word is used in a somewhat different sense in respect to Peter himself. The Lord, knowing that he would fall under the sifting of Satan, said, "When thou art converted strengthen thy brethren;" that is, when he had returned in contrition, or been restored. In the O.T. the Hebrew words signify the same, 'to be turned,' 'to turn back.' Psalm 51:13; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 60:5 : cf. Isaiah 1:27 , margin
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Conversion'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/c/conversion.html. 1897.
