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Originally Posted by mizpeh
My! aren't you petulant today!  |
And forgiving!!!???? ...... “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
Matthew 18:21, 22, KJV.
Now in view of what I am sure will be someone's response, do we have to forgive someone who is not "our brother?" If so, how many times? Does this passage of scripture (or the principle thereof) apply to anyone who asks us?
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