As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Parallel translations
- WEB As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
- BSB As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- NKJV As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- NASB As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our wrongdoings from us.
- NLT He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.
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Quick answer
As far as the east is from the west, so far God removes our transgressions from us. Forgiveness in Christ is complete and final.
Overview
East and west never meet, an image of infinite, immeasurable distance. God removes our sins so thoroughly that they can never be brought back against us. This separation is accomplished by Christ, who took away our sin so that God remembers it no more (Hebrews 8:12).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- 1 Jn 1:7But 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.
- Mic 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Isa 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Heb 10:2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
- 2 Sam 12:13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
- Isa 45:6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
- Ps 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’s name is to be praised.
- Ps 50:1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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