Bible Verses for Forgiving Your Spouse
Forgiveness in marriage is not pretending the wound didn't happen. It is choosing not to be defined by it. Scripture grounds our forgiveness in God's — we forgive because we have been forgiven, and we do it slowly, repeatedly, by grace.
Pray this
Pray: 'Lord, I am not yet able to forgive fully. Make me willing to be made willing.'
"Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you."
"Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do."
"Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? Jesus said to him, 'I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.'"
"Above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins."
Frequently asked questions
- Jesus modeled it — he forgave from the cross before anyone repented (Luke 23:34). Forgiveness is something you give for your own freedom; reconciliation requires both sides.