| | [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+03%3A08&version=NIV Matthew 03:08], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+03%3A11&version=NIV Matthew 03:11], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+01%3A04&version=NIV Mark 01:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+03%3A03&version=NIV Luke 03:03], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+03%3A08&version=NIV Luke 03:08], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+05%3A32&version=NIV Luke 05:32], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15%3A07&version=NIV Luke 15:07], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A47&version=NIV Luke 24:47], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+05%3A31&version=NIV Acts 05:31], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+11%3A18&version=NIV Acts 11:18], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A24&version=NIV Acts 13:24], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+19%3A04&version=NIV Acts 19:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20%3A21&version=NIV Acts 20:21], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+26%3A20&version=NIV Acts 26:20], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+02%3A04&version=NIV Romans 02:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+07%3A09&version=NIV 2 Corinthians 07:09], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+07%3A10&version=NIV 2 Corinthians 07:10], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+02%3A25&version=NIV 2 Timothy 02:25], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+06%3A01&version=NIV Hebrews 06:01], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+06%3A06&version=NIV Hebrews 06:06], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+12%3A17&version=NIV Hebrews 12:17], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+03%3A09&version=NIV 2 Peter 03:09]|group=note}} to mean [[repentance]] or penance. It comes from the Greek words "''Meta''", meaning after, beyond, or with, and "''Noia''", meaning thought. | | [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+03%3A08&version=NIV Matthew 03:08], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+03%3A11&version=NIV Matthew 03:11], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+01%3A04&version=NIV Mark 01:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+03%3A03&version=NIV Luke 03:03], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+03%3A08&version=NIV Luke 03:08], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+05%3A32&version=NIV Luke 05:32], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+15%3A07&version=NIV Luke 15:07], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A47&version=NIV Luke 24:47], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+05%3A31&version=NIV Acts 05:31], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+11%3A18&version=NIV Acts 11:18], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A24&version=NIV Acts 13:24], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+19%3A04&version=NIV Acts 19:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20%3A21&version=NIV Acts 20:21], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+26%3A20&version=NIV Acts 26:20], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+02%3A04&version=NIV Romans 02:04], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+07%3A09&version=NIV 2 Corinthians 07:09], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+07%3A10&version=NIV 2 Corinthians 07:10], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+02%3A25&version=NIV 2 Timothy 02:25], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+06%3A01&version=NIV Hebrews 06:01], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+06%3A06&version=NIV Hebrews 06:06], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+12%3A17&version=NIV Hebrews 12:17], [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+03%3A09&version=NIV 2 Peter 03:09]|group=note}} to mean [[repentance]] or penance. It comes from the Greek words "''Meta''", meaning after, beyond, or with, and "''Noia''", meaning thought. |
| − | ''Metanoia'' as a change of heart<ref>{{cite book |title=Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies |author=David Bentley Hart |publsiher=Yale University Press |place=New Haven and London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-300-16429-9 |pages=188 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UK5PsFYBXFUC |quote=At the center of his spiritual vision was an experience of ''metanoia'', repentance, a humble return of the prodigal heart to the High God who calls his errant children home;}}</ref> and mind is, together with turning away (''epistrephein'') from the dominion of [[heathen]] [[idolatry]] or [[Jewish]] [[pharisee]]ism, the part of [[conversion]], a hoped-for response to preaching [[Gospel]].<ref name="Christopaganism">{{cite book | + | ''Metanoia'' as a change of heart<ref>{{cite book |title=Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies |author=David Bentley Hart |publsiher=Yale University Press |place=New Haven and London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-300-16429-9 |pages=188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UK5PsFYBXFUC |quote=At the center of his spiritual vision was an experience of ''metanoia'', repentance, a humble return of the prodigal heart to the High God who calls his errant children home;}}</ref> and mind is, together with turning away (''epistrephein'') from the dominion of [[heathen]] [[idolatry]] or [[Jewish]] [[pharisee]]ism, the part of [[conversion]], a hoped-for response to preaching [[Gospel]].<ref name="Christopaganism">{{cite book |