Psa 32:3-6, 51:12-13, Joh 21:15-17, 2Cor 1:4-6, 1Ti 1:13-16 | ESV | STEP | For when I kept silent , my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

q[See ver. 15 above]

r[ch. 13:38]

sSee ch. 2:25

t ver. 16

u[Isa. 51:12; 66:13]

v[ch. 4:10; Phil. 3:10; Col. 1:24]

x 2 Tim. 2:10; [ch. 4:15; 12:15; Eph. 3:13]

ySee Acts 8:3

z 1 Cor. 7:25; 2 Cor. 4:1

aaSee Acts 3:17

ab Rom. 5:20

ac[Luke 7:47, 50]; See 1 Thess. 1:3

ad ch. 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim. 2:11; Titus 3:8; [Rev. 22:6]

ae Matt. 9:13; See John 3:17; Rom. 4:25

af[1 Cor. 15:9]

Psalms 32:3-6

3 For when I kept silent, my ^abones wasted away
through my ^bgroaning all day long.
4 For day and night your ^chand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up ^{▼▼Hebrew my vitality was changed} as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 I ^eacknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^fwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
6 Therefore let everyone who is ^ggodly
offer prayer to you at a time when you ^hmay be found;
surely in the rush of ⁱgreat waters,
they shall not reach him.

Psalms 51:12-13

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will ^jreturn to you.

John 21:15-17

Jesus and Peter

15 When they had ^kfinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^l“Simon, ^mson of John, ⁿdo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^omy lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^p“Tend ^qmy sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^rthe third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^syou know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^tmy sheep.

2 Corinthians 1:4-6

4 ^uwho comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in ^vChrist’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. ^{▼▼Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ} 6 ^xIf we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

1 Timothy 1:13-16

13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, ^ypersecutor, and insolent opponent. But ^zI received mercy ^aabecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and ^abthe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ^acfaith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is ^adtrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ^aecame into the world to save sinners, ^afof whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.