What Does the Bible Say About Forgive A Friend?

1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 2 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.

Ephesians 4:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And give no opportunity to the devil.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Luke 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,

Matthew 18:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 2 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?”

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 2 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. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. ...

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 5:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Matthew 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Proverbs 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

20 Bible Verses about Forgive A Friend

1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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20 Bible Verses about Forgive A Friend

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1 Peter 2:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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