If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.
Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices.
What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.He will turn back and have mercy on us. He will put away our iniquities, and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.
In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,
But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.
I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.
I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.
You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.
He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.
For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.
And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: 'Know the Lord.' For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.
And he said to me: "My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness." And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.
My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just 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.
For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.
Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.
And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.
But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.
Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.
Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.
Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: "Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?"Jesus said to him: "I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do." And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.
For by this will, we have been sanctified, through the one time oblation of the body of Jesus Christ.
for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,
Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.
Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."
I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.
Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God?
For with the heart, we believe unto justice; but with the mouth, confession is unto salvation.
Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue.
Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.
It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.
but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
And I ask him to grant to you to be strengthened in virtue by his Spirit, in accord with the wealth of his glory, in the inner man,
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.
Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."
And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.
Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
in the same manner that all things which are for life and piety have been given to us by his Divine virtue, through the plan of him who has called us to our own glory and virtue.
So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
"Behold the man who did not set God as his helper. But he hoped in the multitude of his riches, and so he prevailed in his emptiness."
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me.
For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.
I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.
For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.
But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
For we know this: that our former selves have been crucified together with him, so that the body which is of sin may be destroyed, and moreover, so that we may no longer serve sin.
So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.