Act 16:30, 26:11-19, Eph 2:4-5, 5:14, Tit 3:4-6, Jam 1:16-18 | ESV | STEP | Then he brought them out and said , Sirs , what must I do to be saved ?

Acts 16:30

30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, ^awhat must I do to be ^bsaved?”

Acts 26:11-19

11 And ^cI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^dblaspheme, and ^ein raging fury against them I ^fpersecuted them even to foreign cities.

Paul Tells of His Conversion

12 “In this connection ^gI journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. 14 And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me ^hin the Hebrew language, ^{▼▼Or the Hebrew dialect (probably Aramaic)} ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and ^jstand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ^kto appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, 17 ^ldelivering you from your people and from the Gentiles— ^mto whom I ⁿam sending you 18 ^oto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ^pthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^qforgiveness of sins and ^ra place among those who are sanctified ^sby faith in me.’

19 “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to ^tthe heavenly vision,

Ephesians 2:4-5

4 But ^{▼▼Or And} God, being ^vrich in mercy, ^wbecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even ^xwhen we were dead in our trespasses, ^ymade us alive together with Christ— ^zby grace you have been saved—

Ephesians 5:14

14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

^aa“Awake, O sleeper,
and ^abarise from the dead,
and ^acChrist will shine on you.”

Titus 3:4-6

4 But when ^adthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, ^aenot because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^afaccording to his own mercy, by ^agthe washing of regeneration and ^ahrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he ^aipoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

James 1:16-18

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 ^ajEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from ^akthe Father of lights, ^alwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning} 18 ^anOf his own will he ^aobrought us forth by the word of truth, ^apthat we should be a kind of ^aqfirstfruits of his creatures.