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Forgiving Others
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bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; — read the full passage →
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. — read the full passage →
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”
not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins. — read the full passage →
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” — read the full passage →
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. — read the full passage →
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. — read the full passage →
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, — read the full passage →
Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,
If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — read the full passage →
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” — read the full passage →
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. — read the full passage →
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. — read the full passage →
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, — read the full passage →
Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? — read the full passage →
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. — read the full passage →
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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