![]() ![]() Jesus' promise here is given to the whole group of disciples (the verb is plural), parallel to the promise in Matthew 16:19 Matthew 18:18. The account of Jesus' first appearance in the Gospel of John ( 20:19-23 21:13) shows similarity to the account in the Gospel of Luke ( 24:36–49), that it happened in Jerusalem in the evening of his resurrection from the dead. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."įor a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:23 Analysis Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as: It records Jesus giving the power of forgiveness to the apostles during his first appearance after the resurrection. John 20:23 is the twenty-third verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.Russian Resurrection icon, celebrating and commemorating the Great Pascha (Easter) (16th century) And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11ĭo you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. ![]() It was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. ![]() Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Mark 11:25Īnd whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15įor if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and I will not remember your sins. “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 43:25 If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. When we look at these verses we can see clearly that as long as we repent and are faithful to forgive others then God will forgive us fully and absolutely and we can truly make a new beginning! Psalm 103:10-12 ![]() Here is a small selection of verses about forgiveness, its conditions, and its power. Forgiveness is a very central part of the gospel and sometimes it is good to get a reminder of the truly amazing promises that God gives regarding this. ![]()
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