The best Bible verses for short for forgiveness include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for short for forgiveness, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors."Matthew 6:12
"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace"Ephesians 1:7
"In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."Hebrews 9:22
"He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."Luke 3:3
"and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."Luke 24:47
"And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."Mark 1:4
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."Matthew 26:28
Length decides almost everything here. A verse that reads beautifully on a page can be unreadable once it is set in a small typeface, wrapped around a curve, or cropped to a square. The 15 verses below were chosen for brevity first — most run under a dozen words — so they stay legible at the size you will actually use them.
Self-contained meaning matters just as much. "Do not be anxious about anything" carries its full sense alone; a verse that opens with "Therefore" or "But" does not, and it will read as a fragment to anyone who encounters it without the surrounding passage. Every verse here stands on its own.
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The most-cited Bible verses for short for forgiveness are Matthew 6:12, Colossians 1:14, Luke 1:77. 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 short for forgiveness 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 short for forgiveness, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.