And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,

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Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,'son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

We love, because he first loved us.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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saying , Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.

We love, because he first loved us.