Quotes About Forgiveness

c'mon now, honey, don't be mad at me. I don't mean to lie, I just remember big.

When something seems wrong in your life, the only way to have resolution with it is to let it go. Trying to make it right keeps it wrong.

I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I'd done to myself.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Genesis 50:20).

When we judge a brother's or sister's sin as so much worse than our own, we are like lepers counting spots. "She has more than I do.

Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!

I've become increasingly convinced that those we need to forgive most often grasp the least how much they've hurt us. If they understood and took responsibility, it wouldn't have taken the Cross to forgive them. It could have just happened over coffee.

God's mercy does not make sin tolerable; it makes sin forgivable. The proud and the depraved alike must kneel at the same feet for mercy. For those willing, God turns sin's empty cistern into a deep wellspring overflowing with love.

God is far too faithful to allow the prodigal life to be cost-free.

In our day and age, the Samaritan woman might have been someone we would condemn. Maybe we would point out the error of her ways rather than reach out to her in love. But what did Jesus do? He loved her enough to talk to her— and then listen. He acknowledged her as a person. Then, and only then, did He begin to instruct her.

Oh, God, give us a longing—not for the sin of this world to be judged—but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven.

How happy those whose lawless acts are forgiven! … How happy the man whom the Lord will never charge with sin! Romans 4:7–8

Be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8–9

When we paint the picture of our salvation for others to see, we may use different colors, textures, and shapes on the edges of the parchment. But in the center can only be a cross. Anything else cheapens grace and cheats the believer.

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may multiply? Romans 6:1

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation. Luke 11:4

He adds: "I will never again remember their sins and their lawless acts." Hebrews 10:17

We must not be defined by anything that has happened to us or anything we have done. We are defined by who we are in Christ.

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes. Matthew 18:7

How like Jesus to start stitching a heart back together even as the knife was tearing it apart.

No condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners'—and I am the worst of them" (1 Tim. 1:15).

Every conversion cost the same amount of Christ's blood shed on the cross.

Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also you must forgive. Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. Colossians 3:13–14