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18 Bible Verses About Being Forgiven

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  • Psalm 32:1-2 calls the forgiven person blessed because the Lord “does not count” their sin against them, and Paul quotes it in Romans 4:7-8.
  • Psalm 103:12 measures how far sin is removed from east to west, after verse 10 says God “does not treat us as our sins deserve.”
  • 1 John 1:9 promises both forgiveness and purification “from all unrighteousness,” resting on God being “faithful and just.”
  • Romans 5:1 names peace with God as the first result of being justified, and Romans 5:10 says the reconciled had been God’s enemies.
  • In the story of the two debtors in Luke 7:41-43, love follows forgiveness: the one forgiven more loves more.

In the Bible, a forgiven person is one whose sin God no longer counts against them. Psalm 32:2 calls that person blessed, and Romans 5:1 names the first thing it brings: peace with God. The passages below describe the God who forgives (Psalm 130:4), what he does with the sin itself (Psalm 103:12, Isaiah 1:18), the death of Christ as its ground (Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 2:24), and what changes for the forgiven: purification (1 John 1:9), a new creation…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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