FORGIVENESSS AND FREEDOM
PSALM 32:1 (CEV)
Our God, you bless everyone
whose sins you forgive
and wipe away.
COLOSSIANS 1:14 (CEB)
He set us free through the Son and forgave our sins.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Through Christ, we have forgiveness and freedom.
PRAYER
Thank you, God, for the gift of salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and his sacrifice. I confess that I haven't yet fully learned how to handle this freedom. Help me to graciously grow into it so that I can draw others into your freedom. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)
REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press) TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)