Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
We have trespassed
Yet now there is hope
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Bible References
We have trespassed
James 2:9
But if you show favoritism toward [certain] persons, you are committing a sin and are convicted by the law [of God] as lawbreakers.
Yet now there is hope
1 John 1:7
But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God's Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.
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1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," or again, the head [cannot say] to the feet, "I do not need you."