Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 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.
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.
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.”
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
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.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”
‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
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