If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. ¹  But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

We know that ¹  our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, ²  so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ¹  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ¹  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ²  but to bring salvation. ³ 

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, ¹  forgiving ²  us our sins and cleansing ³  us from all unrighteousness.

and he was baptizing them ¹  in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

to give his people knowledge of salvation ¹  through the forgiveness ²  of their sins.

He ¹  went into all the region around the Jordan River, ²  preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ³ 

And when he ¹  comes, he will prove the world wrong ²  concerning sin and ³  righteousness and ⁴  judgment –

If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; ¹  if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.” ² 

“Blessed ¹  are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

blessed is the one ¹  against whom the Lord will never count ²  sin.” ³ 

What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

And this is my covenant with them, ¹  when I take away their sins.” ² 

And although you were ¹  dead ²  in your transgressions and sins,