^8 (A)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^(B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^(C)purify your hearts, ^(D)you double-minded. ^9 (E)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ^10 (F)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

^21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does ^(B)what is just and right, ^(C)he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^22 (D)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. ^23 (E)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

¹⁰ Just so, I tell you, there is joy before ^(A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

¹⁰ When God saw what they did, ^(A)how they turned from their evil way, ^(B)God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

¹⁴ Again, ^(A)though I say to the wicked, ^(B)‘You shall surely die,’ yet ^(C)if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, ¹⁵ if the wicked ^(D)restores the pledge, ^(E)gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks ^(F)in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ^16 (G)None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.

¹⁵ The saying is ^(A)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ^(B)came into the world to save sinners, ^(C)of whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶ But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.