Joh 20:23, Act 2:38, 3:19, 10:43, 13:38-39, Rom 4:6-9, Col 2:13 | ESV | STEP | If you forgive the sins of any , they are forgiven them ; if you withhold forgiveness from any , it is withheld .

tCited from Ps. 32:1, 2

u 2 Cor. 5:19

v ch. 3:30

w ver. 3

xSee Eph. 2:1

ySee Eph. 2:5

John 20:23

23 ^aIf you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Acts 2:38

38 And Peter said to them, ^b“Repent and ^cbe baptized every one of you ^din the name of Jesus Christ ^efor the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^fthe gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

19 ^gRepent therefore, and ^hturn back, that ⁱyour sins may be blotted out,

Acts 10:43

43 ^jTo him ^kall the prophets bear witness that ^leveryone who believes in him receives ^mforgiveness of sins ⁿthrough his name.”

Acts 13:38-39

38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^othat through this man ^pforgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by him ^qeveryone who believes is freed ^{▼▼Greek justified; twice in this verse} from everything ^sfrom which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Romans 4:6-9

6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

7 ^t“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not ^ucount his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for ^vthe circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? ^wFor we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.

Colossians 2:13

13 ^xAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God ^ymade alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,