18. ACCEPTED. ACCEPTABLE
18. ACCEPTED. ACCEPTABLE
(from , ‘grace’) is translated ‘made accepted’ in the A.V. in Eph 1:6; “made accepted in the beloved,” where the sense is, ‘taken into favour,’ or ‘made objects of grace.’ It has been said that “accepted is too formal a doctrine here.” The only other occurrence of is in Luk 1:28, where the angel declared Mary to be the ‘highly favoured’ one, or, as in the margin, ‘graciously accepted, or much graced.’
(lit. ‘well-pleasing,’ from , ‘well,’ and , ‘to please’) signifies ‘acceptable’ to God, Rom 14:18; ‘agreeable’ to the Lord, Eph 5:10; ‘well-pleasing’ to Him, Col 3:20. These passages show that the translation “we may be accepted of him,” in 2Co 5:9, is incorrect: it should be “agreeable to him.”
implies that God has brought the believer into favour. in the passages quoted, applies to that which is acceptable, or well-pleasing, to God: cf. Rom 12:1-2; Rom 14:18; Heb 13:21, as of conduct, etc
(lit. ‘acceptable,’ from , ‘to accept’) is another word rendered both ‘accepted’ and ‘acceptable’ in the A.V. It is associated with in Php 4:18, where they are translated “acceptable (.), well-pleasing (.) to God.” It has nearly the same force as , and should be rendered ‘acceptable’ in Luk 4:24; Act 10:35; and 2Co 6:2