Defined as ... Clearing the record of those who have wronged me and not holding a grudge.
“If the world around you is cold to you, kindle fires of forgiveness to warm it.”
~ Lucy Larcom ~
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
~ Mark Twain ~
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
~ Lewis B. Smedes ~
1. Joseph & his Brothers
(Genesis 42-45)
2. Parable of the Debtor
(Matthew 18:21-35)
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“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:32
“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.”
Matthew 6:14-15
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
Colossians 3:13
“Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. ”
1 Peter 3:9
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
Matthew 6:12