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Bible Verses About forgiveness in marriage

14 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about forgiveness in marriage? Browse 14 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Ephesians 4:32
King James (KJV)And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

14 Key Scriptures

And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. quarrel: or, complaint
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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.
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. shall: or, will
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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