Bible Verses About Forgiveness of Past Sins
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiveness of past sins, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,319 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgiveness of Past Sins
1 John 1:9355 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:7191 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 Corinthians 10:13173 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 John 2:1135 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Acts 2:38128 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 2:8110 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Romans 3:23109 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Acts 3:19103 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Hebrews 10:26-27101 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:1793 votes
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
John 3:1686 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 5:171 votes
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Hebrews 8:1269 votes
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Revelation 2:1065 votes
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Proverbs 28:1356 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Matthew 26:2856 votes
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew 9:1347 votes
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Romans 6:2347 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:244 votes
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Mark 16:1640 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
2 Peter 1:939 votes
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Hebrews 10:2638 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Psalms 25:1836 votes
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Isaiah 1:1836 votes
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 43:2535 votes
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
What does the Bible say about forgiveness of past sins?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of forgiveness of past sins. Across 3,319 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 1:7, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 2:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.