Question 116

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Matthew 6:12 (ESV)

¹²and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Psalm 51:1 (ESV)

¹Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:3 (ESV)

³For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Psalm 51:7 (ESV)

⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Mark 11:25 (ESV)

²⁵And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 18:35 (ESV)

³⁵So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Traditional Formulation

Question: What do we pray for in the fifth petition?

Answer: 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; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.

Adaptation Commentary

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