Forgiving Self

and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth--

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication.

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

And they do not teach any more Each his neighbour, and each his brother, Saying, Know ye Jehovah, For they all know Me, from their least unto their greatest, An affirmation of Jehovah; For I pardon their iniquity, And of their sin I make mention no more.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, — read the full passage →

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

I--I <FI>am<Fi> He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out--to remission of sins;

Who <FI>is<Fi> a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He--He delighteth <FI>in<Fi> kindness. — read the full passage →

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou--Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners--first of whom I am;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Who <FI>is<Fi> a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He--He delighteth <FI>in<Fi> kindness.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate <FI>us<Fi> into the reign of the Son of His love, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.' — read the full passage →

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

`To the Lord our God <FI>are<Fi> the mercies and the forgivenesses, for we have rebelled against Him,

I--I <FI>am<Fi> He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember. — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. — read the full passage →

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. — read the full passage →

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

and `their sins and their lawlessness I will remember no more;'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →