Colossians Chapter 3, Verse 13
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13: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
also do ye.
13: Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a
complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you
also.
Forbearing one another. "Eph 4:2".
And forgiving one another. "Mt 6:12, "Mt 6:14".
If any man have a quarrel against any. Marg., "or complaint." The word here used momfh occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means, fault found, blame, censure; and here denotes occasion of complaint. The idea is, that if another one has given us just occasion of complaint, we are to forgive him; that is, we are
(1.) to harbour no malice against him;
(2.) we are to be ready to do him good as if he had not given us occasion of complaint;
(3.) we are to be willing to declare that we forgive him when he asks it; and
(4.) we are always afterwards to treat him as kindly as if he had not injured us -- - a God treats us when he forgives us. "Mt 18:21".
Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Learn here that Christ has power to forgive sin. Comp. "Mt 9:6"; "Acts 5:31".
Christ forgave us
(1.) freely -- -he did not hesitate or delay when we asked him;
(2.) entirely -- he pardoned all our offences;
(3.)for ever -- -he did it so as to remember our sins no more, and to treat us ever onward as if we had not sinned. So we should forgive an offending brother.
