A: In the fifth petition (which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors) we pray, That God, for Christ's sake, would freely pardon all our sins;1 which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.2
Romans 3:24-25.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to
be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.
Matthew 18:35.
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their
trespasses.
Matthew 6:14-15.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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