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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…