If any of you people sin and become guilty of breaking one of the LORD's commands without intending to,

then as soon as the sin is called to your attention, you shall bring as your offering a female goat without any defects.

"And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance.

God has overlooked the times when people did not know him, but now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.

even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.