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.
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
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 7 times, but 77 times!
So if you are about to place your gift on the altar and remember that someone is angry with you,leave your gift there in front of the altar. Make peace with that person, then come back and offer your gift to God.
Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
I don't want to be hard on you. But if one of you has made someone feel bad, I am not really the one who has been made to feel bad. Some of you are the ones.Most of you have already pointed out the wrong that person did, and this is punishment enough for what was done.When people sin, you should forgive and comfort them, so they won't give up in despair.You should make them sure of your love for them.
You will keep your friends if you forgive them, but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.
That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don't forgive each of my followers with all your heart.
So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.The same will happen on the day when the Son of Man appears.At that time no one on a rooftop should go down into the house to get anything. No one in a field should go back to the house for anything.Remember what happened to Lot's wife. People who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.On that night two people will be sleeping in the same bed, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.Two women will be together grinding wheat, but only one will be taken. The other will be left. Then Jesus' disciples spoke up, “But where will this happen, Lord?” Jesus said, “Where there is a corpse, there will always be vultures.”Even if one of them mistreats you seven times in one day and says, “I am sorry,” you should still forgive that person.
If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot.
Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because of God's gift of undeserved grace to us. God has great wisdom and understanding,
How far has the Lord taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!
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.”
This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.
rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.
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!”
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,
If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven.”
Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them.
If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink.This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads. And the Lord will reward you.
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.
I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins.”
If you kept record of our sins, no one could last long.But you forgive us, and so we will worship you.
Our God, no one is like you. We are all that is left of your chosen people, and you freely forgive our sin and guilt. You don't stay angry forever; you're glad to have pityand pleased to be merciful. You will trample on our sins and throw them in the sea.
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.
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
Stop being bitter and angry and mad at others. Don't yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude.
Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about.
Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.
Love is patient and kind, never jealous, boastful, proud, orrude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.
You are kind, God! Please have pity on me. You are always merciful! Please wipe away my sins.Create pure thoughts in me and make me faithful again.Don't chase me away from you or take your Holy Spirit away from me.Make me as happy as you did when you saved me; make me want to obey!I will teach sinners your Law, and they will return to you.Keep me from any deadly sin. Only you can save me! Then I will shout and sing about your power to save.Help me to speak, and I will praise you, Lord.Offerings and sacrifices are not what you want.The way to please you is to be truly sorry deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse.Please be willing, Lord, to help the city of Zion and to rebuild its walls.Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again.Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.
Do this, because on the day of judgment there will be no pity for those who have not had pity on others. But even in judgment, God is merciful!
Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.
Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”
God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son,who forgives our sins and sets us free.
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.It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.
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.
Make sure no one misses out on God's wonderful kindness. Don't let anyone become bitter and cause trouble for the rest of you.
Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish?As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about. Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes.A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.Every tree producing bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others.What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his message about peace.
Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.
and God's servants must not be troublemakers. They must be kind to everyone, and they must be good teachers and very patient.Be humble when you correct people who oppose you. Maybe God will lead them to turn to him and learn the truth.
My children, I am writing this so 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.But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them.If we hate others, we are living and walking in the dark. We don't know where we are going, because we can't see in the dark.Children, I am writing you, because your sins have been forgiven in the name of Christ.Parents, I am writing you, because you have known the one who was there from the beginning. Young people, I am writing you, because you have defeated the evil one.Children, I am writing you, because you have known the Father. Parents, I am writing you, because you have known the one who was there from the beginning. Young people, I am writing you, because you are strong. God's message is firm in your hearts, and you have defeated the evil one.Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father.Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father.The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.Children, this is the last hour. You heard that the enemy of Christ would appear at this time, and many of Christ's enemies have already appeared. So we know the last hour is here.These people came from our own group, yet they were not really part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves they did not belong to our group.Christ is the sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of all the world's people.
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.”
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “My friend, your sins are forgiven.”
If we truly love God, our sins will be forgiven; if we show him respect, we will keep away from sin.
I am your servant, but I have wandered away like a lost sheep. Please come after me, because I have not forgotten your teachings.
Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples.
Give up your evil ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the Lord our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.
When one of you takes another to court, all of you lose. It would be better to let yourselves be cheated and robbed.
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 have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
Don't be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.
Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.Care about them as much as you care about yourselves
But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. And so, I will forget the wrongs you have done.
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.
Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children.as you try to please the Lord.Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark.But the light will show what these things are really like.Light shows up everything, just as the Scriptures say, “Wake up from your sleep and rise from death. Then Christ will shine on you.”Act like people with good sense and not like fools.These are evil times, so make every minute count.Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do.Don't destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life.When you meet together, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as you praise the Lord with all your heart.Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.
The king called the first official back in and said, “You're an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent.Don't you think you should show pity to someone else, as I did to you?”
We are not fighting against humans. We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world.
Forgive our sins, as we forgive everyone who has done wrong to us. And keep us from being tempted.’ ”
The Scriptures also say, “If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.”Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
The Law says that almost everything must be sprinkled with blood, and no sins can be forgiven unless blood is offered.
He was wounded and crushed because of our sins; by taking our punishment, he made us completely well.All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the Lord gave him the punishment we deserved.
I tell you 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.
The Lord forgives our sins, heals us when we are sick,and protects us from death. His kindness and love are a crown on our heads.
God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient.
We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.
But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you.
My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.God is love, and anyone who doesn't love others has never known him.
We know that God has said he will punish and take revenge. We also know that the Scriptures say the Lord will judge his people.It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
The man replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.’ They also say, ‘Love your neighbors as much as you love yourself.’ ”
Don't be happy to see your enemies trip and fall down.The Lord will find out and be unhappy. Then he will stop being angry with them.
But the wisdom that comes from above leads us to be pure, friendly, gentle, sensible, kind, helpful, genuine, and sincere.
For now there are faith, hope, and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.
Every mountain and hill may disappear. But I will always be kind and merciful to you; I won't break my agreement to give your nation peace.
God is wonderful and glorious. I pray that his Spirit will make you become strong followersand that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love.
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. God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.
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!
Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.
The way to please you is to be truly sorry deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse.
“What a blessing when God forgives our sins and our evil deeds. What a blessing when the Lord erases our sins from his book.”
Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He then gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and drink it.This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.
Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved grace, and we will find help.
By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, we have peace with God.
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.
Don't make God's Spirit sad. The Spirit makes you sure that someday you will be free from your sins.Stop being bitter and angry and mad at others. Don't yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude.
Be pleasant and hold their interest when you speak the message. Choose your words carefully and be ready to give answers to anyone who asks questions.
I realize God has treated me with undeserved grace, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.
The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, “God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner.”
God is the one who makes us patient and cheerful. I pray that he will help you live at peace with each other, as you follow Christ.
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.
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 Lord also says, “Leave them and stay away! Don't touch anything that isn't clean. Then I will welcome you
If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower.
I have died, but Christ lives in me. And I now live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know more than others. Make friends with ordinary people.
Turn back to me! I have rescued you and swept away your sins as though they were clouds.
Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven.
And God was pleased for him to make peace by sacrificing his blood on the cross, so that all beings in heaven and on earth would be brought back to God.You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things.But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent.
A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so everyone would have life, and have it fully.
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.
You, Lord, never fail to have pity on me; your love and faithfulness always keep me secure.
Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.God has something stored up for you in heaven, where it will never decay or be ruined or disappear.