That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

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

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

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.”

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.

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.’

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

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

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment.

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.

Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.

I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

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?

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

Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.

What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.