Romans 5:20
English Standard Version
20 Now (A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, (B)grace abounded all the more,
Read full chapter
Titus 3:3-7
English Standard Version
3 For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when (B)the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, (C)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (D)according to his own mercy, by (E)the washing of regeneration and (F)renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he (G)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that (H)being justified by his grace we might become (I)heirs (J)according to the hope of eternal life.
Read full chapter
Romans 6:1
English Standard Version
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
6 What shall we say then? (A)Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
Read full chapter
Psalm 25:11
English Standard Version
Romans 6:14
English Standard Version
14 For (A)sin (B)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Read full chapter
Romans 4:15
English Standard Version
15 For (A)the law brings wrath, but (B)where there is no law (C)there is no transgression.
Read full chapter
Galatians 3:19-25
English Standard Version
19 Why then the law? (A)It was added because of transgressions, (B)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was (C)put in place through angels (D)by an intermediary. 20 Now (E)an intermediary implies more than one, but (F)God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For (G)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture (H)imprisoned everything under sin, so that (I)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given (J)to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, (K)imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, (L)the law was our (M)guardian until Christ came, (N)in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
Read full chapter
Luke 7:47
English Standard Version
47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, (A)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Read full chapter
Ephesians 2:1-5
English Standard Version
By Grace Through Faith
2 (A)And you were (B)dead in the trespasses and sins 2 (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following (D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in (E)the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in (F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (G)were by nature (H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b] 4 But[c] God, being (I)rich in mercy, (J)because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even (K)when we were dead in our trespasses, (L)made us alive together with Christ—(M)by grace you have been saved—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
- Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest
- Ephesians 2:4 Or And
Romans 3:19-20
English Standard Version
19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, (B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and (C)the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For (D)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (E)through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 3:20 Greek flesh
John 10:10
English Standard Version
10 The thief comes only to steal and (A)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Read full chapter
Micah 7:18-19
English Standard Version
God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
(F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Isaiah 1:18
English Standard Version
18 “Come now, (A)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (B)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Ephesians 1:6-8
English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 3:7-9
English Standard Version
7 Now if (A)the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory (B)that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in (C)the ministry of condemnation, (D)the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
English Standard Version
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And (B)such were some of you. But (C)you were washed, (D)you were sanctified, (E)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Romans 7:5-13
English Standard Version
5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (A)in our members (B)to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (C)new way of (D)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[a]
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (E)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (F)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (G)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (H)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (I)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (J)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (K)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (L)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter
John 15:22
English Standard Version
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, (A)they would not have been guilty of sin,[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24
Matthew 9:13
English Standard Version
13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
Read full chapter
Ezekiel 36:25-32
English Standard Version
25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you (E)a new heart, and (F)a new spirit I will put within you. (G)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 (H)And I will put my Spirit within you, (I)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (J)be careful to obey my rules.[a] 28 (K)You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and (L)you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And (M)I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And (N)I will summon the grain and make it abundant and (O)lay no famine upon you. 30 (P)I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, (Q)that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then (R)you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 (S)It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees
Ezekiel 16:60-63
English Standard Version
60 yet (A)I will remember my covenant with you (B)in the days of your youth, (C)and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. 61 (D)Then you will remember your ways (E)and be ashamed when you take (F)your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you (G)as daughters, but not on account of[a] the covenant with you. 62 I will establish my covenant with you, (H)and you shall know that I am the Lord, 63 that you may remember and be confounded, and (I)never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ezekiel 16:61 Or not apart from
Ezekiel 16:52
English Standard Version
52 (A)Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 43:24-25
English Standard Version
24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 “I, I am he
(A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
1 Timothy 1:13-16
English Standard Version
13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, (A)persecutor, and insolent opponent. But (B)I received mercy (C)because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and (D)the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the (E)faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is (F)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus (G)came into the world to save sinners, (H)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.
Read full chapter
Luke 23:39-43
English Standard Version
39 (A)One of the criminals who were hanged (B)railed at him,[a] saying, “Are you not (C)the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me (D)when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in (E)paradise.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 23:39 Or blasphemed him
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.