Romans 4:8
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.”
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- Ps 32:2 : 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him. 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins. 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
- 2 Cor 5:19-20 : 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!”
- Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me. 19 I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
- 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
- 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
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- Ps 32:1-22 verses86%
1By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
2How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Rom 4:2-76 verses86%
2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
3For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
5But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
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9Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
10How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
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13for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.
- Rom 4:22-243 verses72%
22So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
23But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,
24but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
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1The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
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10He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.
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22None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.
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24But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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16None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.
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12“For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”
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14For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
15The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
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6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,
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4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!
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38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
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21God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
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20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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9it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
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30Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
- Rom 3:9-102 verses68%
9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,
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6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
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14What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
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6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.
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15For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.
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1¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
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12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
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28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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4Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.
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20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
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16And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.
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6– and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”
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22namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
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17then he says,“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”
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8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)
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17So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.