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title: "7 Christian forgiveness Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Christian forgiveness quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Christian forgiveness sayings and thoughts."
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> [Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-the-apostle/be-kind-and-compassionate-to-one-another-forgiving-each-other-just-as/)

[Paul the Apostle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-the-apostle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/paul-the-apostle-10243_be-kind_be-kind-and-compassionate-to-one-another_333895.jpg)

> [There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-some-good-in-the-worst-of-us-and-some-evil-in-the-best-of-us/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [The weak can never forgive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-weak-can-never-forgive/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/mahatma-gandhi-23_anger-and-forgivenes_the-weak-can-never-forgive-750596_750596.jpg)

> [Forgiveness saves the expense of anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-more/forgiveness-saves-the-expense-of-anger/)

[Hannah More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-more/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/hannah-more-2695_anger_forgiveness-saves-the-expense-of-anger-1_1419274.png)

> [I was taught to be Biblical: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/i-was-taught-to-be-biblical-forgive-them-for-they-know-not-what-they/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

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> [“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/i-can-forgive-but-i-cannot-forget-is-only-another-way-of-saying-i-3/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-develop-and-maintain-the-capacity-to-forgive-he-who-is-devoid-3/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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