in whom we have redemption, ¹  the forgiveness of sins.

Do not lay hands on anyone ¹  hastily and so identify with the sins of others. ²  Keep yourself pure.

and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

then he says, ¹  “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.” ² 

choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. ¹ 

So whoever knows what is good to do ¹  and does not do it is guilty of sin. ² 

He ¹  committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. ² 

Above all keep ¹  your love for one another fervent, ²  because love covers a multitude of sins. ³ 

I am writing to you, ¹  little children, that ²  your sins have been forgiven because of his ³  name.

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people ¹  because ²  all sinned –

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I ¹  would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else ²  if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” ³ 

He ¹  himself bore our sins ²  in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning ³  and live for righteousness. By his ⁴  wounds ⁵  you were healed. ⁶ 

If ¹  anyone sees his fellow Christian ²  committing a sin not resulting in death, ³  he should ask, and God ⁴  will grant ⁵  life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. ⁶  There is a sin resulting in death. ⁷  I do not say that he should ask about that.

Which is easier, ¹  to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

for this is my blood, the blood ¹  of the covenant, ²  that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

In the wilderness ¹  John the baptizer ²  began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ³ 

When Jesus saw their ¹  faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ² 

“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! ¹  Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

When ¹  Jesus ²  saw their ³  faith he said, “Friend, ⁴  your sins are forgiven.” ⁵