Mic 7:18-20, Mat 6:12, Act 13:38-39, Rom 3:24, 4:5-8, Eph 1:7, 4:32 | ESV | STEP | Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance ? He does not retain his anger forever , because he delights in steadfast love .

uCited from Ps. 32:1, 2

v 2 Cor. 5:19

w Col. 1:14

x Rom. 3:24; 1 Cor. 1:30; [ch. 4:30]

ySee Acts 20:28

zSee Acts 2:38

aa[ch. 3:8, 16; Col. 1:27]; See Rom. 2:4

ab Col. 3:12, 13; 1 Pet. 3:8

ac[2 Cor. 2:7, 10]; See Matt. 6:14

Micah 7:18-20

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ^aWho is a God like you, ^bpardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
^cfor the remnant of his inheritance?
^dHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will ^eagain have compassion on us;
^fhe will tread our iniquities underfoot.
^gYou will cast all our ^{▼▼Hebrew their} sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 ⁱYou will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
^jas you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.

Matthew 6:12

12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Acts 13:38-39

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

Romans 3:24

24 ^pand are justified ^qby his grace as a gift, ^rthrough the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 4:5-8

5 And to the one who does not work but ^sbelieves in ^{▼▼Or but trusts; compare verse 24} him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

7 ^u“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not ^vcount his sin.”

Ephesians 1:7

7 ^wIn him we have ^xredemption ^ythrough his blood, ^zthe forgiveness of our trespasses, ^aaaccording to the riches of his grace,

Ephesians 4:32

32 ^abBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^acforgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.