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 are making distinctions between one man and another, you are guilty of sin, and are convicted by the Law as offenders.

Yet now there is hope

1 John 1:7
But if we live in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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1 Corinthians 12:21
It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand, "I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet, "I do not need you."