19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[a] the world to himself, (A)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us (B)the message of reconciliation.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling

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

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25 “I, I am he
    (A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.

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25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(A) for my own sake,(B)
    and remembers your sins(C) no more.(D)

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10 In this is love, (A)not that we have loved God (B)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (C)the propitiation for our sins.

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

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22 (A)I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the sins of the whole world.

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My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

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16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

(A)He[a] was manifested in the flesh,
    vindicated[b] by the Spirit,[c]
        (B)seen by angels,
(C)proclaimed among the nations,
    (D)believed on in the world,
        (E)taken up in glory.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which
  2. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
  3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

16 Beyond all question, the mystery(A) from which true godliness(B) springs is great:

He appeared in the flesh,(C)
    was vindicated by the Spirit,[a]
was seen by angels,
    was preached among the nations,(D)
was believed on in the world,
    was taken up in glory.(E)

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

(A)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
    and whose sins are covered;
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not (B)count his sin.”

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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil[a] of David.

32 (A)Blessed is the one whose (B)transgression is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord (C)counts no iniquity,
    and in whose spirit (D)there is no deceit.

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  1. Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.[a]

Blessed is the one
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.(A)
Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord does not count against them(B)
    and in whose spirit is no deceit.(C)

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  1. Psalm 32:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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24 (A)and are justified (B)by his grace as a gift, (C)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God (D)put forward as (E)a propitiation (F)by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in (G)his divine forbearance he had passed over (H)former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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24 and all are justified(A) freely by his grace(B) through the redemption(C) that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](D) through the shedding of his blood(E)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(F) 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

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  1. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).

23 (A)I in them and you in me, (B)that they may become perfectly one, (C)so that the world may know that you sent me and (D)loved them even as (E)you loved me.

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23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(A) and have loved them(B) even as you have loved me.

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10 Do you not believe that (A)I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you (B)I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that (C)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else (D)believe on account of the works themselves.

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10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?(A) The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.(B) Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.(C)

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23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (B)Immanuel”

(which means, God (C)with us).

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23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

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  1. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14