If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Instead, be kind and merciful, and forgive others, just as God forgave you because of Christ.
Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you.
Jesus said: Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.
Peter came up to the Lord and asked, "How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?"Jesus answered: Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
he doesn't punish us as our sins deserve.How great is God's love for all who worship him? Greater than the distance between heaven and earth!How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!
I, the LORD, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool.
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
(A special psalm by David.) Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.You bless them by saying, "You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you."
If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.
Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people! They don't know what they're doing." While the crowd stood there watching Jesus, the soldiers gambled for his clothes. The leaders insulted him by saying, "He saved others. Now he should save himself, if he really is God's chosen Messiah!"
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, "I am the one to take revenge and pay them back."
Some people soon brought to him a crippled man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven."
I will forgive anyone you forgive. Yes, for your sake and with Christ as my witness, I have forgiven whatever needed to be forgiven.
I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins."
So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.Even if one of them mistreats you seven times in one day and says, "I am sorry," you should still forgive that person.
(For the music leader. A psalm by David when the prophet Nathan came to him after David had been with Bathsheba.) You are kind, God! Please have pity on me. You are always merciful! Please wipe away my sins.Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.
All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
But you, the Lord God, are kind and merciful. You don't easily get angry, and your love can always be trusted.
But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. And so, I will forget the wrongs you have done.
Don't be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God's chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,
leave your gift there in front of the altar. Make peace with that person, then come back and offer your gift to God.
Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means that our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because God was so kind to us. God has great wisdom and understanding,
My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.
You will keep your friends if you forgive them, but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.
Don't get so angry that you sin. Don't go to bed angryand don't give the devil a chance.
So I confessed my sins and told them all to you. I said, "I'll tell the LORD each one of my sins." Then you forgave me and took away my guilt.
You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.
The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money.
If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.
Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.
God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient.
That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.
But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.
(For the music leader. A psalm by David when the prophet Nathan came to him after David had been with Bathsheba.) You are kind, God! Please have pity on me. You are always merciful! Please wipe away my sins.
The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own.
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
(A special psalm by David.) Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.
Don't let sin keep ruling your lives. You are ruled by God's kindness and not by the Law.
But I will show you that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth." So Jesus said to the man, "Get up! Pick up your mat and go on home."
The way to please you is to feel sorrow deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse.
So you will be saved, if you honestly say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself.
I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.
So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love."
rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.
In the Scriptures David talks about the blessings that come to people who are acceptable to God, even though they don't do anything to deserve these blessings. David says,"God blesses people whose sins are forgiven and whose evil deeds are forgotten.The Lord blesses people whose sins are erased from his book."
I worship at your holy temple and praise you for your love and your faithfulness. You were true to your word and made yourself more famous than ever before.
But even if we don't feel at ease, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
So let's come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. Let's keep our hearts pure, our consciences free from evil, and our bodies washed with clean water.
Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.
(A song for worship.) From a sea of troubles I call out to you, LORD.Won't you please listen as I beg for mercy?
When I was really hurting, I prayed to the LORD. He answered my prayer, and took my worries away.
My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love.