John 20:23

If you forgive people for their having sinned, God will already have forgiven them. If you do not forgive them, God has not forgiven them.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

In Context

22After saying that, he breathed on us and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit!

24One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:18Keep this in mind: Whatever you decide on earth about punishing or not punishing a member of your congregation is what has also been decided by God in heaven {what God in heaven has also decided}.

Acts 2:38Peter answered them, “Each of you should turn away from your sinful behavior. Then we(exc) will baptize you, if you now believe in Jesus Christ. Then God will give you the Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:38“Therefore, my fellow Israelis and other friends, it is important for you to know that we(exc) are declaring to you that God can forgive you for your sins as a result of what Jesus has done. Because of what Jesus has done, God considers that everyone who believes in Jesus is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased { God has erased the record}) concerning everything that they have done that displeased God. But when God does that for you, it is not as a result of your obeying the laws that Moses wrote.

2 Corinthians 2:6Since he has now stopped sinning in that way, the punishment that nearly all of you decided was right for him has continued long enough.

1 Timothy 1:20Among the ones who have done that are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I put in the hands of Satan, in order that when Satan punishes them they may learn not to teach wrong teaching.

Matthew Henry on John 20:20-26

Christ with His Disciples. 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed… Read the whole commentary →

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