As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. (On Americans who avoided conscription during the Vietnam War, to Veterans of Foreign Wars)
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2 Corinthians 5:19:
That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
(NIV)
It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).
(AMP)
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
(KJV)
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Colossians 2:13:
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins
(NIV)
And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions
(AMP)
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
(KJV)
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Ephesians 1:7:
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace
(NIV)
In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor
(AMP)
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
(KJV)
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Matthew 6:14:
For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
(NIV)
For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
(AMP)
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
(KJV)
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Mark 11:25:
'And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.'
(NIV)
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop.
(AMP)
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
(KJV)
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Ephesians 2:1:
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins
(NIV)
AND YOU [He made alive], when you were dead (slain) by [your] trespasses and sins
(AMP)
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
(KJV)
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