1 John 1:9ESV / 16 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 6:14-15ESV / 15 helpful votes
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:25ESV / 11 helpful votes
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Romans 3:23ESV / 9 helpful votes
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Acts 3:19ESV / 9 helpful votes
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
Colossians 3:13ESV / 8 helpful votes
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Ephesians 4:32ESV / 8 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Romans 6:23ESV / 8 helpful votes
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Acts 2:38ESV / 8 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 17:3-4ESV / 8 helpful votes
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Matthew 18:21-22ESV / 8 helpful votes
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Matthew 26:28ESV / 7 helpful votes
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 24:47ESV / 6 helpful votes
And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Matthew 6:12ESV / 6 helpful votes
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
1 Peter 3:21ESV / 5 helpful votes
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 10:17ESV / 5 helpful votes
Then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
Ephesians 1:7ESV / 5 helpful votes
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
2 Corinthians 5:17ESV / 5 helpful votes
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
1 Corinthians 10:13ESV / 5 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Acts 10:43ESV / 5 helpful votes
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Luke 23:34ESV / 5 helpful votes
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Luke 6:37ESV / 5 helpful votes
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Daniel 9:9ESV / 5 helpful votes
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
Isaiah 43:25ESV / 5 helpful votes
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
1 John 3:4ESV / 4 helpful votes
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 2:2ESV / 4 helpful votes
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:1ESV / 4 helpful votes
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 Peter 3:9ESV / 4 helpful votes
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
James 5:16ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Hebrews 9:22ESV / 4 helpful votes
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 6:4-6ESV / 4 helpful votes
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
Hebrews 4:16ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Colossians 1:14ESV / 4 helpful votes
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14ESV / 4 helpful votes
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Galatians 3:27ESV / 4 helpful votes
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21ESV / 4 helpful votes
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 12:13ESV / 4 helpful votes
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Romans 10:10ESV / 4 helpful votes
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Acts 22:16ESV / 4 helpful votes
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
Acts 4:12ESV / 4 helpful votes
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 2:1-47ESV / 4 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...
John 3:16ESV / 4 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 13:3ESV / 4 helpful votes
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luke 3:3ESV / 4 helpful votes
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 18:18ESV / 4 helpful votes
Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 7:21ESV / 4 helpful votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:14ESV / 4 helpful votes
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Matthew 1:21ESV / 4 helpful votes
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
1 John 1:7ESV / 3 helpful votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
2 Peter 1:9ESV / 3 helpful votes
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.
James 2:24ESV / 3 helpful votes
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
Hebrews 11:6ESV / 3 helpful votes
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 10:26ESV / 3 helpful votes
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
1 Timothy 1:15ESV / 3 helpful votes
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
Colossians 3:12-13ESV / 3 helpful votes
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Colossians 2:13ESV / 3 helpful votes
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Colossians 1:1-29ESV / 3 helpful votes
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...
Philippians 3:14ESV / 3 helpful votes
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:31-32ESV / 3 helpful votes
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Galatians 5:19-21ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 3:26ESV / 3 helpful votes
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Romans 8:1ESV / 3 helpful votes
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 7:1-25ESV / 3 helpful votes
Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. ...
Romans 5:1ESV / 3 helpful votes
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 4:7-8ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
Romans 3:26ESV / 3 helpful votes
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.
Romans 3:25ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Romans 1:16ESV / 3 helpful votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Acts 17:30ESV / 3 helpful votes
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
Acts 13:38ESV / 3 helpful votes
Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
Acts 8:22ESV / 3 helpful votes
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 1:8ESV / 3 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
John 20:22-23ESV / 3 helpful votes
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
John 14:6ESV / 3 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 3:36ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 3:1-36ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...
Luke 23:33-34ESV / 3 helpful votes
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Mark 16:16ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16:15ESV / 3 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Mark 3:22-30ESV / 3 helpful votes
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ...
Matthew 26:26-28ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 18:23-35ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...
Matthew 18:22ESV / 3 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Matthew 9:13ESV / 3 helpful votes
Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 5:44ESV / 3 helpful votes
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:23-24ESV / 3 helpful votes
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Jeremiah 31:34ESV / 3 helpful votes
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Isaiah 1:18ESV / 3 helpful votes
“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.
Psalm 103:12ESV / 3 helpful votes
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Psalm 86:5ESV / 3 helpful votes
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Revelation 22:17ESV / 2 helpful votes
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
Revelation 22:14ESV / 2 helpful votes
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
Revelation 21:27ESV / 2 helpful votes
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 21:8ESV / 2 helpful votes
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Revelation 20:15ESV / 2 helpful votes
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:12ESV / 2 helpful votes
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Revelation 7:13-15ESV / 2 helpful votes
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
Revelation 3:12ESV / 2 helpful votes
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Revelation 3:11ESV / 2 helpful votes
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Revelation 3:5ESV / 2 helpful votes
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
