Colossians 3:13

They are to bear with and forgive one another as Christ forgave them. Forgiveness received becomes forgiveness extended.

Cross-references · 24

• Eph 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Jas 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Eph 4:2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
• Matt 6:14–15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• Rom 15:1–2We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• Luke 6:35–37But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
• Matt 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• Luke 17:3–4Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
• Gal 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
• Luke 23:34Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
• 2 Cor 2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
• 2 Cor 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Matt 18:15–17Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Matt 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
• Rom 15:7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
• 1 Cor 6:7–8Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
• Col 3:12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Luke 5:20–24And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
• 1 Pet 2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
• Eph 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Matt 18:21–35Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
• Luke 7:48–50And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

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