Be mindful, O Lord, that mercy and kindness have been yours from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my many transgressions, but remember me in your kindness, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord. | Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! |
If you forgive others for the wrongs they have done, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. | For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. |
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Jesus replied, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.” | Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.” |
The one who sows in his flesh will reap a harvest of corruption, but the one who sows in the Spirit will reap from the Spirit the reward of eternal life. | For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. |
Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. | Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
Blessed is the one whose offense is forgiven, whose sin is erased. | Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift freely given by God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
The righteous is remembered with blessings, but the name of the wicked fades away. | The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. |
Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away. | Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. |
If you are angry, do not sin. Do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not give the devil an opening. | Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. |
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. | The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. |
What then shall we say? Should we persist in sin in order that grace may abound? Of course not! We have died to sin. How can we live in it any longer? | What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? |
Therefore, when someone is guilty of any one of these things, he shall confess the sin he has committed. | When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed. |
Repent and renounce all your transgressions. Otherwise your iniquity will prove to be your downfall. | Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. |
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it leads to death. | There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. |
I shall forgive them for their wicked deeds, and I shall remember their sins no more. | For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. |
Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. |
Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness, but sin degrades any people. | Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. |
Come now and let us discuss this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow. Though they are as red as crimson, they shall become as white as wool. | Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. |
Everyone who sins comes from the devil, for the devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very purpose: to destroy the work of the devil. | Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. |
Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
He made him who did not know sin to be sin for our sake, so that through him we might become the righteousness of God. | For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness. | For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. |
We have sinned and done what is wrong, we have acted wickedly and rebelled, we have rejected your commandments and your laws. | We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. |
Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. | Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. |