23 everyone has sinned and is far away from God’s saving presence.

23 everyone has sinned and is far away from God’s saving presence. 24 But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.

20 *For no one is put right in God’s sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.

23 For sin pays its wage—death; but God’s free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

6 All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind.

4 Whoever sins is guilty of breaking God’s law, because sin is a breaking of the law.

1 There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me* free from the law of sin and death.

12 Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self. 13 Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes. 14 Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God’s grace.

15 What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God’s grace? By no means! 16 Surely you know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to obey someone, you are in fact the slaves of the master you obey—either of sin, which results in death, or of obedience, which results in being put right with God. 17 But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you received. 18 You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.

15 What, then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law but under God’s grace? By no means!

14 We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a mortal, sold as a slave to sin. 15 *I do not understand what I do; for I don’t do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate. 16 Since what I do is what I don’t want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right. 17 So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me.

34 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

6 If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

1 Be merciful to me, O God,

because of your constant love.

Because of your great mercy

wipe away my sins!

2 Wash away all my evil

and make me clean from my sin!

4 *I have sinned against you—only against you—

and done what you consider evil.

So you are right in judging me;

you are justified in condemning me.

5 I have been evil from the day I was born;

from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

6 Sincerity and truth are what you require;

fill my mind with your wisdom.

7 Remove my sin, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness;

and though you have crushed me and broken me,

I will be happy once again.

9 Close your eyes to my sins

and wipe out all my evil.

5 Then I confessed my sins to you;

I did not conceal my wrongdoings.

I decided to confess them to you,

and you forgave all my sins.

1 *Happy are those whose sins are forgiven,

whose wrongs are pardoned.

11 Keep your promise, Lord, and forgive my sins,

for they are many.

6 Remember, O Lord, your kindness and constant love

which you have shown from long ago.

7 Forgive the sins and errors of my youth.

In your constant love and goodness,

remember me, Lord!

12 None of us can see our own errors;

deliver me, Lord, from hidden faults!

13 You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

24 *Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

21 *She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus—because he will save his people from their sins."

21 Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

28 *In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him.

8 Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.

18 We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.

5 You must put to death, then, the earthly desires at work in you, such as sexual immorality, indecency, lust, evil passions, and greed (for greed is a form of idolatry).

3 Since you are God’s people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you.

11 Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. ( 12 It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.)

26 *If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.

1 My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.

1 My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too. 2 Help carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will obey* the law of Christ.

15 *"If your brother sins against you,* go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.

15 *"If your brother sins against you,* go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.

6 "If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea.

3 Why, then, do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the log in your own eye?

14 **"If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

16 *So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.

17 So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!

4 Unfaithful people! Don’t you know that to be the world’s friend means to be God’s enemy? If you want to be the world’s friend, you make yourself God’s enemy.

10 Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen!

8 *Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.

1 Happy are those

who reject the advice of evil people,

who do not follow the example of sinners

or join those who have no use for God.

133 As you have promised, keep me from falling;

don’t let me be overcome by evil.

9 Honest people are safe and secure, but the dishonest will be caught.

45 *A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart; a bad person brings bad out of his treasure of bad things. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

9 Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God’s Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts 10 or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves—none of these will possess God’s Kingdom.

4 Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, "Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him." 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look! Here is the man!"

6 When the chief priests and the Temple guards saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

Pilate said to them, "You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him."

23 *If you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

7 If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling;* but because you have done evil, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to rule you, but you must overcome it."