28 Bible Verses about forgiving others

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2 Corinthians 2:7

So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.

2 Corinthians 2:10

When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

Luke 7:49

Then the other guests began to say to themselves, "Who can this man be who even forgives sins?"

Matthew 18:21

At this point Peter came to Him with the question, "Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?"

Matthew 18:33

ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'

John 20:23

If you remit the sins of any persons, they remain remitted to them. If you bind fast the sins of any, they remain bound."

Hebrews 10:18

But where these have been forgiven no further offering for sin is required.

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Colossians 3:12-13

Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.

Luke 17:3-4

Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him; and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

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