What Does the Bible Say About Ability To Forgive?

Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Luke 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

20 Bible Verses about Ability To Forgive

Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about Ability To Forgive

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Mark 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes