forgiving self

¹⁹In this way, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight. ²⁰For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.

¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,

⁹If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.

³⁷Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

²⁵And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins.

³²And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

¹⁸And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.

¹⁴For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses. ¹⁵But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.

¹If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. ²And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. ³And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. ⁴Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. ⁵Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. ⁶Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.

²¹Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?” ²²Jesus said to him: “I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.

⁷In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

¹¹A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.

¹²Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.

²⁹Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.

¹³Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.