Ephesians 1:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

In Christ we are made free by his blood sacrifice. We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you were healed.

Romans 3:24

They are made right with God by his grace. This is a free gift. They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:14

The Son paid the price to make us free. In him we have forgiveness of our sins.

Hebrews 9:22

The law says that almost everything must be made clean by blood. Sins cannot be forgiven without a blood sacrifice.

Matthew 26:28

This wine is my blood, which will be poured out to forgive the sins of many and begin the new agreement from God to his people.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with your blood sacrifice you bought people for God from every tribe, language, race of people, and nation.

1 John 2:12

I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ.

Philippians 4:19

My God will use his glorious riches to give you everything you need. He will do this through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:7

God did this so that his kindness to us who belong to Christ Jesus would clearly show for all time to come the amazing richness of his grace.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.

Psalm 130:7

Israel, trust in the Lord. The Lord is the one who is faithful and true. He saves us again and again,

Ephesians 3:16

I ask the Father with his great glory to give you the power to be strong in your spirits. He will give you that strength through his Spirit.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that he gave up his heavenly riches for you. He gave up everything so that you could be richly blessed.

Romans 2:4

God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You take away people’s guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.

1 John 2:2

Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And he is the way all people can have their sins taken away too.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 20:28

Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.”

Daniel 9:9

“But, Lord our God, you are kind and forgiving, even though we rebelled against you.

Job 33:24

Maybe the angel will be kind and say to God, ‘Save this one from the place of death! I have found a way to pay for his life.’

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. He sent his Son as the way to take away our sins.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.

Daniel 9:19

Lord, listen to me! Forgive us! Lord, pay attention, and then do something! Don’t wait! Do something now! Do it for your own good! My God, do something now, for your city and your people who are called by your name.”

Jeremiah 31:34

People will not have to teach their neighbors and relatives to know the Lord, because all people, from the least important to the most important, will know me.” This message is from the Lord. “I will forgive them for the evil things they did. I will not remember their sins.”

Psalm 86:5

My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God. In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully.

Acts 10:43

Everyone who believes in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name. All the prophets agree that this is true.”

John 20:23

If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins are forgiven. If there is anyone whose sins you don’t forgive, their sins are not forgiven.”

Mark 14:24

Then he said, “This wine is my blood, which will be poured out for many to begin the new agreement from God to his people.

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Sword, wake up and strike the shepherd, my friend! Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will run away. And I will punish those little ones.

Zechariah 13:1

But at that time a new spring of water will be opened for David’s family and for the other people living in Jerusalem. That fountain will be to wash away their sins and to make the people pure.

Titus 3:6

God poured out to us that Holy Spirit fully through Jesus Christ our Savior.

1 Timothy 2:6

gave himself to pay for everyone to be free. This is the message that was given to us at just the right time.

Colossians 2:13

You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave all our sins.

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love and to have the full confidence that comes from understanding. I want them to know completely the secret truth that God has made known. That truth is Christ himself.

Colossians 1:27

God decided to let his people know just how rich and glorious that truth is. That secret truth, which is for all people, is that Christ lives in you, his people. He is our hope for glory.

Ephesians 2:4

But God is rich in mercy, and he loved us very much.

Romans 9:23

He waited with patience so that he could make known the riches of his glory to the people he has chosen to receive his mercy. God has already prepared them to share his glory.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

Luke 24:47

You saw these things happen—you are witnesses. You must go and tell people that they must change and turn to God, which will bring them his forgiveness. You must start from Jerusalem and tell this message in my name to the people of all nations.

Luke 1:77

You will make his people understand that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

Zechariah 9:11

Jerusalem, we used blood to seal your agreement, so I am setting your people free from that empty hole in the ground.

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am the one who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.

Exodus 34:7

He shows his faithful love to thousands of people. He forgives people for the wrong things they do, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. Not only will he punish the guilty people, but their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren will also suffer for the bad things these people do.”

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb.

Ephesians 1:6

And this brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely. He gave us that grace in Christ, the one he loves.

Jonah 4:2

He complained to the Lord and said, “Lord, I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city, so I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God. I knew that you show mercy and don’t want to punish people. I knew that you are kind, and if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

Psalm 130:4

But you forgive people, so they fear and respect you.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who did wrong to us.

Romans 3:25

God gave Jesus as a way to forgive people’s sins through their faith in him. God can forgive them because the blood sacrifice of Jesus pays for their sins. God gave Jesus to show that he always does what is right and fair. He was right in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins. And in our own time he still does what is right. God worked all this out in a way that allows him to judge people fairly and still make right any person who has faith in Jesus.

Ephesians 1:8

God gave us that grace fully and freely. With full wisdom and understanding

Ephesians 1:14

The Spirit is the first payment that guarantees we will get all that God has for us. Then we will enjoy complete freedom as people who belong to him. The goal for all of us is the praise of God in all his glory.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that God will open your minds to see his truth. Then you will know the hope that he has chosen us to have. You will know that the blessings God has promised his holy people are rich and glorious.