Bible Verses About Forgiveness (For What You Cannot Yet Put Down)
Forgiveness in the Bible is not a feeling; it is a release. God releases us from what we could never repay, and he asks us to release the ones who owe us. These are the passages for the day it feels impossible.
The verses
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
When to read them
- When their name comes up and your body tightens.
- On the drive home from a hard family gathering.
- When you are about to write the reply you have written and unwritten.
- The night before an anniversary you would rather skip.
Send it as a film
Some words are easier to send than to say. If you have a hard letter to write and want it to land gently, A Message Written for Them lets us put it in Jesus's voice, with their name in it. You read every line before we make the film.