Must you forgive someone who hasn't apologized? Colossians 3:13 and Matthew 6:14-15 say yes — withholding forgiveness until they 'deserve' it sets your own sin before God's judgment.
The command to forgive is absolute, yet we build walls of conditions around it. Colossians 3:13 and Matthew 6:14-15 leave no apology clause — you are to forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 KJV“But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”
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Matthew 6:14 KJV“My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
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Read the full teaching with scripture quotes in your chosen translation at https://www.thelivingsword.org/sound-doctrine/unconditional-forgiveness
All 24 sound doctrine essays: Sound Doctrine — The Living Sword