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Forgiveness

Bible Verses About Forgiveness - Read passages that offer biblical
guidance on forgiveness and how important it is to forgive others
as we have been forgiven by the blood of Christ. With the grace
and mercy shown to us, we are always able to start new with God.
When we repent, we are given full forgiveness of our sins because
of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a
grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others
their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Luke 17:3-4
So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sistersins against you, rebuke
them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you
seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I
repent,’ you must forgive them.”
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Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander,
along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one
another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Isaiah 43:25-26
“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own
sake, and remembers your sins no more. Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,
that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your
sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are
red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
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2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The
old has gone, the new is here!
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
Hebrews 10:17
Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
Daniel 9:9
The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have
rebelled against him;
Colossians 1:13-14
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought
us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Psalm 103:12
as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us.
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Numbers 14:19-21
In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people,
just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until
now.” The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked. 21
Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the
LORD fills the whole earth,
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy. You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the
depths of the sea.
Matthew 6:9-15
“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed
be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our
debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.’ For if you forgive other
people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father
will not forgive your sins.
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Mark 11:25
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your
sins.”
Matthew 26:28
This is my blood of thecovenant, which is poured out for many for
the forgiveness of sins.

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