Forgiveness And Transformation

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I--I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

By David. --An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression <FI>is<Fi> forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise. — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart; — read the full passage →

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. — read the full passage →

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;'

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth <FI>hour<Fi> , — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

My hiding place and my shield <FI>art<Fi> Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

And the righteous layeth hold <FI>on<Fi> his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And--dumb are they all.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

and there came suddenly out of the heaven a sound as of a bearing violent breath, and it filled all the house where they were sitting,

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst--to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

and did send Timotheus--our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ--to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — read the full passage →

and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, `Peace--to you;'

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain <FI>others<Fi> with them, — read the full passage →

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness--to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.'

A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. — read the full passage →

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.

`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

this one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.