Psalm 92:12, NIV: “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon”

Titus 3:5, NIV: “he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.”

Colossians 2:13, NLT: “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins.”

Romans 6:10 says: “When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.” (NLT)