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.”

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

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.

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.

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

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.

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

I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

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

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

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

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.

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.’

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

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

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

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.

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

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

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

He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

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.

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.

And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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

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

“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.

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

Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.

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

But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.

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

But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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.

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.”

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.

A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

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.

Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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.

But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.

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

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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