VERSES ABOUT FORGIVENESS

Forgiving others brings such freedom. It's like taking off a heavy backpack you've been carrying for way too long. There's a real beauty to forgiveness, and anyone who's experienced both giving and receiving it knows what I mean. God is our ultimate example, right? He shows us how it's done and calls us to practice it every single day.

So, I encourage you to forgive, just as Christ forgives you – every single day. It's time to let go and be free. Let's be real, in this life, someone is bound to hurt or offend you. But even then, we're called to learn to forgive and love again. Get that bitterness out of your system. Trust me, it'll help you grow and move forward. It'll even strengthen your relationship with God.

As children of God, we rejoice because we've received forgiveness for our sins through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. But it's important to remember that just as we've been forgiven, our hearts need to be ready to forgive others. Mark 11:25¹ says, "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses." As long as we repent and are faithful in forgiving others, God will completely forgive us. And that's when we can truly have a fresh start!

But I say to 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,

But I say to you, to those who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you.

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.

Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.If possible from you, keeping peace with all men,

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.

Become ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.By this all men will know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love among each other.

Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.

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

Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.

Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God.

And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,forbearing each other, and forgiving yourselves, if any man has a complaint against any, just as also the Christ forgave you, so also ye,

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,

Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized.For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.

And as ye desire that men would do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

When a man's ways please LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee?

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.

Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the he

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation.How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,even us being dead in the transgressions, he made alive together with the Christ (ye are saved by grace),

and, Their sins and their lawlessness I will, no, not further remember.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

And a bondman of Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,in mildness correcting those who oppose. Perhaps God may grant them repentance for recognition of the truth,

And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.

For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life.

And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her.

Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.

with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.

in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.

And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

LORD is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their lawlessness I will no, not further remember.

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you,in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,for kings and all those who are in prominence, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and propriety.

For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,so that we may not be exploited by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his methods.

I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if

Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,

And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.

Let all things of you be done in love.

If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet.For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you ye also should do.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,

Let brotherly love abide.Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--righteous Jesus Christ.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead,I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

saying, Father, if thou want, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.

What will we say then? We continue in sin so that grace may abound?May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it?

Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

So that he would grant you, according to the wealth of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit for the inner man.For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits?And he said, He who did mercy with him. Therefore Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Ye are the salt material of the earth. But if the salt material becomes ineffective, by what will it be salted? It is potent for nothing further, except to be cast outside and to be trodden down by men.Ye are the light of the world. A city setting on a hill cannot be hid,

And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.And if we know that he hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval.

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.

For ye were once darkness, but now light in Lord. Walk as children of light(for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,and perseverance, character, and character, hope.

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

And my God will fill your every need according to his wealth in glory in Christ Jesus.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly.

LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

Thou will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee], because he trusts in thee.

Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.

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