18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Forgiveness
• Grace
• Love
• Redemption

• The Prodigal Son

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Sam 18:4 — And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
• 2Kgs 25:29 — And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
• Deut 33:25 — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
• Deut 33:25 — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
• Eph 1:13 — In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
• Eph 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
• Eph 6:15 — And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
• Eph 6:15 — And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
• Esth 3:10 — And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
• Esth 6:8 — Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
• Esth 8:2 — And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
• Esth 8:2 — And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
• Exod 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
• Ezek 16:9 — Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
• Ezek 16:10 — I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
• Ezek 18:23 — Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
• Gal 3:27 — For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Gal 4:5 — To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
• Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• Gen 27:15 — And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
• Gen 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
• Isa 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou
• Isa 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
• Isa 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh
• Jas 2:2 — For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
• Josh 9:5 — And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
• Matt 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
• Ps 18:33 — He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
• Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
• Ps 45:13 — The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
• Ps 104:31 — The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
• Ps 132:9 — Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
• Ps 132:16 — I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Rev 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w
• Rev 3:4 — Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
• Rev 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes w
• Rev 6:11 — And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed a
• Rev 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robe
• Rev 7:13 — And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?