8 For you are saved by grace  * through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —  9 not from works, so that no one can boast.

4 But God, who is rich in mercy,  * because of his great love  * that he had for us,  *5 made us alive  * with Christ even though we were dead  * in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

23 For all have sinned  * and fall short of the  * glory of God; 24 they are justified freely by his grace  * through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.  *

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man  * Jesus Christ overflowed to the many.

21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,  * so also grace will reign  * through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law  * but under grace.  *

15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?  * Absolutely not!  *

9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling,  * not according to our works,  * but according to his own purpose  * and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation  * for all people,  *12 instructing us to deny godlessness  * and worldly lusts  * and to live in a sensible, righteous,  * and godly  * way in the present age,

13 Therefore, with your minds ready for action,  * be sober-minded  * and set your hope  * completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation  * of Jesus Christ.

10 The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory  * in Christ,  * will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.  *

8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.  *

6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,  *

and I will dwell in  *  the house of the  Lord

as long as I live.  *,*

17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;

establish for us the work of our hands —

establish the work of our hands!  *

1 Out of the depths I call to you,  Lord!  *

2 Lord, listen to my voice;

let your ears be attentive

to my cry for help.  *

24 "May the Lord bless you and protect you;  *

25 may the Lord make his face shine on you

and be gracious to you;  *

26 may the Lord look with favor on you  *

and give you peace." ’  *

18 Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,

and is rising up to show you compassion,  *

for the Lord is a just God.

All who wait patiently for him are happy.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus  * be with everyone.  * Amen.  *

25 The grace of the Lord  *,* Jesus Christ be with your spirit.  *

16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

24 But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course  * and the ministry  * I received from the Lord Jesus,  * to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

16 For God loved*the world in this way:*He gave*his one and only*Son,*so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.*

14 "For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.*

13 The one who conceals his sins

will not prosper,  *

but whoever confesses and renounces them

will find mercy.  *

1 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel.  *2 For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,  *3 because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves,  * and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem. 4 The proposal pleased the king and the congregation, 5 so they affirmed the proposal and spread the message throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan,  * to come to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they hadn’t observed it often,  * as prescribed.  *

6 So the couriers  * went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, "Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that he may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.  *7 Don’t be like your ancestors and your brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors  * so that he made them an object of horror  * as you yourselves see. 8 Don’t become obstinate  *,* now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance  * to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,  *9 for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.  * For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful;  * he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him."

10 The couriers traveled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants  * laughed at them and mocked them.  *11 But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.  *12 Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them  * to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.

13 A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. 14 They proceeded to take away the altars that were in Jerusalem,  * and they took away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.  *15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb  * on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s temple. 16 They stood at their prescribed posts,  * according to the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests splattered the blood received from the Levites, 17 for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.  *18 A large number of the people — many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun — were ritually unclean, yet they had eaten the Passover  * contrary to what was written.  * But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, "May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of 19 whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God,  * the Lord, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary." 20 So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.  *21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy,  * and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day after day with loud instruments. 22 Then Hezekiah encouraged  *,* all the Levites who performed skillfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.  *

23 The whole congregation decided to observe  * seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy, 24 for King Hezekiah of Judah contributed one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the congregation. Also, the officials contributed one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the congregation,  * and many priests consecrated themselves.  *25 Then the whole assembly of Judah with the priests and Levites, the whole assembly that came from Israel, the resident aliens who came from the land of Israel, and those who were living in Judah, rejoiced. 26 There was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this was known since the days of Solomon son of David, the king of Israel.  *

27 Then the priests and the Levites  * stood to bless the people,  * and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place  * in heaven.