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FORGIVENESS AND REPENTANCE

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SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Ephesians 4:32 ESV  
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Luke 6:37 ESV 
"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

1 John 1:9 ESV 
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 19:11 ESV  
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Mark 11:25 ESV 
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."

Luke 17:3-4 ESV  
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."

Proverbs 10:12 ESV 
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

1 John 4:9-10 ESV 
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Colossians 3:13 ESV  
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.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV  
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.            

 

SRIPTURES REGARDING REPENTANCE 

James 4:8-9
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, 

1 John 1:8 ESV  
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:9 ESV  
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 13:3 ESV  
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV 
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Acts 22:16 ESV 
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.

Acts 3:19 ESV  
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.

Acts 2:38 ESV 
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.