What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever.’

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.