Jos 24:2, Zec 3:3-4, Rom 1:17-18, 5:6-8, 1Cor 6:9-11, 1Ti 1:13-15 | ESV | STEP | And Joshua said to all the people , Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel , Long ago , your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates , Terah , the father of Abraham and of Nahor ; and they served other gods .

2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, ^ayour fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and ^cthey served other gods.

Zechariah 3:3-4

3 Now ^dJoshua was standing before the angel, ^eclothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to ^fthose who were standing before him, ^g“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, ^hI have taken your iniquity away from you, and ⁱI will clothe you with pure vestments.”

Romans 1:17-18

17 For in it ^jthe righteousness of God is revealed ^kfrom faith for faith, ^{▼▼Or beginning and ending in faith} ^mas it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” ^{▼▼Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live}

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For ^othe wrath of God ^pis revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Romans 5:6-8

6 For ^qwhile we were still weak, at the right time ^rChrist died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but ^sGod shows his love for us in that ^twhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous ^{▼▼Or wrongdoers} will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: ^vneither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ^{▼▼The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts} 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And ^xsuch were some of you. But ^yyou were washed, ^zyou were sanctified, ^aayou were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Timothy 1:13-15

13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, ^abpersecutor, and insolent opponent. But ^acI received mercy ^adbecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and ^aethe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ^affaith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is ^agtrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ^ahcame into the world to save sinners, ^aiof whom I am the foremost.