“God forgives; forgives not capriciously, but with wise, definite, Divine prearrangement; forgives universally, on the ground of an atonement, and on the condition of repentance and faith.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 440.
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Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.
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The New Being (1955)
“Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.”
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1780s, Annotations to Lavater (1788)
“To err is human, to forgive divine.”
Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism
Source: An Essay on Criticism (1711)
“Man forgets. God forgives. Man forgets God's Truth. God forgives man's ignorance.”
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“God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.”
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