The best Bible verses for forgiveness (MSG) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for forgiveness (MSG), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"I remind you, my dear children: Your sins are forgiven in Jesus' name."1 John 2:12
"So if you forgive him, I forgive him. Don't think I'm carrying around a list of personal grudges. The fact is that I'm joining in with your forgiveness, as Christ is with us, guiding us."2 Corinthians 2:10
"Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them."Hebrews 10:18
"Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven—healed inside and out."James 5:15
""If you forgive someone's sins, they're gone for good. If you don't forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?""John 20:23
""Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier."Luke 6:37
"Impressive, isn't it? She was forgiven many, many sins, and so she is very, very grateful. If the forgiveness is minimal, the gratitude is minimal.""Luke 7:47
""If you bad-mouth the Son of Man out of misunderstanding or ignorance, that can be overlooked. But if you're knowingly attacking God himself, taking aim at the Holy Spirit, that won't be overlooked."Luke 12:10
"Which is simpler: to say to the paraplegic, 'I forgive your sins,' or say, 'Get up, take your stretcher, and start walking'?"Mark 2:9
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for forgiveness (MSG) are 1 John 2:12, 2 Corinthians 2:10, Hebrews 10:18. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to forgiveness (MSG) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for forgiveness (MSG), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.