| | Yes, they felt remorse for their sin, (1st definition), but this is not a requirement of believing in Jesus. They couldn't have stopped sinning, (2nd definition), this only comes after you are [[Salvation|saved]]. They needed to repent (3rd definition) to believe and be saved. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue [alone], but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18. "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith alone." James 2:24. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10 | | Yes, they felt remorse for their sin, (1st definition), but this is not a requirement of believing in Jesus. They couldn't have stopped sinning, (2nd definition), this only comes after you are [[Salvation|saved]]. They needed to repent (3rd definition) to believe and be saved. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue [alone], but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18. "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith alone." James 2:24. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10 |