Acts 8:22

Repent therefore from this your wickedness, and make petition to God, if perhaps the intent of your heart will be forgiven you.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

In Context

21You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

23For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.”

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:15-26

The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was… Read the whole commentary →

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