Justin Bieber took to Instagram to respond after a second video surfaced this week of him using the N-word years ago.
"When your sins weigh heavily upon you, come to Me," begins the text of the photo he shared, which is lifted from "Jesus Calling," a book by Sarah Young. "Confess your wrong doing, which I know all about before you say a word. Stay in the Light of My Presence, receiving forgiveness, cleansing, and healing. Remember that I have clothed you in My Righteousness, so nothing can separate you from Me. Whenever you stumble or fall, I am there to help you up."
In the first video, which was posted by British tabloid The Sun on June 1, Bieber is shown delivering a racist joke and using the N-word repeatedly (five times to be exact). The footage was reportedly shot when the pop star was 15, as part of his 2011 documentary "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." TMZ has since claimed that they have had the video for four years, but opted not to post it because Bieber was underage at the time.
Bieber apologized for the first video on Sunday.
"As a young man, I didn't understand the power of certain words and how they can hurt. I thought it was OK to repeat hurtful words and jokes, but didn't realize at the time that it wasn't funny and that in fact my actions were continuing the ignorance," Bieber, now 20, said in a statement.
"I take my friendships with people of all cultures very seriously and I apologize for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake," he added. "I was a kid then and I am a man now who knows my responsibility to the world and to not make that mistake again."
In the second video, which was posted to TMZ Wednesday, a 14-year-old Bieber is shown singing a racially insensitive version of his hit "One Less Lonely Girl."
"One less lonely (N-word) / One less lonely (N-word) ... there's gonna be one less lonely (N-word)," he says in the 28-second video clip. He also added a joke about joining the Ku Klux Klan.
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, uploaded a text-driven photo to Instagram, ahead of the pop star's most recent response.
"Some mistakes have no excuses," it reads. "They are just wrong. But how a man reacts to those mistakes... How he owns it and learns from it... That defines him more than the mistake itself."
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