REPENTANCE
(See also Disfellowshipping; Forgiveness; Mercy; Sin)
aid to ones showing: cj 201-207; or 159-168
angels’ joy over: w80 11/1 23; w72 431
“deathbed repentance”: g52 7/8 25-26; w50 69; wl 226; g35 4/24 465; v-3 223
discussion: w81 9/1 22-27; w80 12/15 7; w77 693-698; tp73 181-183; w72 118-120, 436-440; or 14-18; ad 1385-1390; w60 397-399; g60 2/22 27-28; ms53 307; w47 119; g44 1/19 17; w35 222
disfellowshipped persons:
time involved: w83 3/15 29
Esau’s regret not: w81 9/1 25; w77 694-695; w72 438
evidence of: w81 9/1 24-26; w72 436-439
examples: w75 711; w74 504; or 15-16; ad 955; g66 4/22 20; g66 7/8 5-6; w65 498-499; g65 8/22 27-28; w63 421-423
David: w81 9/1 25
Manasseh: w80 2/15 5; w77 696; lp 112
Paul: lp 111-112
for sexual immorality: w83 3/15 29; w81 3/1 30-31; w79 11/15 31-32; w75 755-756
Greek word: w72 118-119, 439
how demonstrated: w81 9/1 24-26; w81 9/15 25; w78 9/15 31; w77 152; w77 693-698; w74 469; w74 602; tp73 181-183, 185; w72 120, 287, 436-439, 543; or 166-167; pm 342-343; ad 567, 1386-1388; w70 662; w68 320; yl 179; w66 542, 677; w65 437, 463, 496-497; ms 422-423; g65 2/8 7; w64 93, 126, 523-524; w63 410-411, 423, 472-473, 508, 541; g63 9/8 7-8; w60 399-400; w58 467; ms53 307; nh 164; w52 143, 316; w51 627-628; w47 122; rg 208; w39 233
involves change of mind and heart: w74 343; w72 438-439
Jehovah encourages: w80 12/15 7; lp 111-112; w74 461-462; w73 441-442; w72 430-436; ad 1379; kj 282-285; w65 462-465
Jehovah ‘feels regrets’: w83 6/15 24; g77 3/22 27-28; g60 2/22 27-28; w54 190; an 26-28; w30 135
Job’s three friends: w66 528; w57 604; wl 354-355
John’s baptism: w82 2/15 19-20; w72 431; ad 946; w68 298; li 84-87; w63 330; g62 12/8 27-28; w61 38; ns 218-220, 222; w59 287-288; w58 475-476; w56 404; w55 405-406; w54 135-136, 606-607; nh 301-302; g50 5/8 25; w45 36-37; ki 14; g34 6/6 571; g30 9/17 827
King Saul’s admission of sin not: w77 694-695
relationship to reproof: w81 9/1 23-24; w77 692; w76 724-725
requirement for salvation: w80 5/1 12-13; g77 1/8 28; g75 11/8 28; im 400-401; ms 420-421; w63 331, 359; g63 9/8 7-8; w61 39; ns 280; w60 134-135; g59 7/8 27-28; g54 4/22 25-26; w48 100-105, 135-139; g36 4/22 477-478
unwillingness to repent: w80 12/1 23; w77 692
when caution is advisable in accepting: w83 3/15 29; w81 9/1 25; w79 11/15 31-32; w76 728
with regard to Messianic Kingdom: w75 750-751
“works that befit repentance” (Ac 26:20): w81 9/1 25-26
worldly sadness not proof of: w81 9/1 24-25; w77 694-695; w72 438-439