But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.
“For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”
Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
“People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.
If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.
I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit – O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,
Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.
[But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,
with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!