Sin
“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 as crimson,
they shall be like wool."
~Isaiah 1:18 (NIV)
Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
~Isaiah 59:1 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
~1 John 1:9
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense-Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
~1 John 2:1-2 (NIV)
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
~John 1:29 (NIV)
Blessed is the man
whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
~Romans 4:8 (NIV)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
~2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
~Hebrews 3:13 (NIV)