22 (A)I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for (B)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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25 “I, even I, am He who (A)blots out your transgressions (B)for My own sake;
(C)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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20 For (A)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.

20 you were bought at a price.(A) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(B)

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18 But (A)those things which God foretold (B)by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 (C)Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

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18 But this is how God fulfilled(A) what he had foretold(B) through all the prophets,(C) saying that his Messiah would suffer.(D) 19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,(E) that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but (A)with the precious blood of Christ, (B)as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:18 perishable

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(A) from the empty way of life(B) handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood(C) of Christ, a lamb(D) without blemish or defect.(E)

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The Redeemer of Israel

43 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, (A)for I have redeemed you;
(B)I have called you by your name;
You are Mine.

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Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)

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12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (A)removed our transgressions from us.

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12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions(A) from us.

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12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 (A)looking for the blessed (B)hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 (C)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed (D)and purify for Himself (E)His own special people, zealous for good works.

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12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,(A) and to live self-controlled,(B) upright and godly lives(C) in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(D) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(E) 14 who gave himself for us(F) to redeem us from all wickedness(G) and to purify(H) for himself a people that are his very own,(I) eager to do what is good.(J)

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I will (A)cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.

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I will cleanse(A) them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive(B) all their sins of rebellion against me.

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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

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Hide your face from my sins(A)
    and blot out(B) all my iniquity.

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A Prayer of Repentance

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (A)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
(B)Blot out my transgressions.

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Psalm 51[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(A)

Have mercy(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;(C)
according to your great compassion(D)
    blot out(E) my transgressions.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.

Israel Restored at Last

14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (B)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
Assyria shall (C)not save us,
(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

“I will heal their (F)backsliding,
I will (G)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit

Repentance to Bring Blessing

14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
    Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
Assyria cannot save us;(G)
    we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
    to what our own hands have made,(J)
    for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”

“I will heal(L) their waywardness(M)
    and love them freely,(N)
    for my anger has turned away(O) from them.

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  1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
  2. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls