What Does the Bible Say About Forgiveness?

Mary Ann Getty

Aug 2020 · New City Press

About this ebook

Do we really know what the Bible says about forgiveness? Perhaps we think we do. The Bible’s teaching, though, is more complex than we might imagine. Forgiveness confronts us at once with our weaknesses and strengths. Forgiveness exercises our covenant with God and with one another. It is a risk we take in order to move deeper into life. Forgiveness is prophetic; it is a way of communicating endless love to a needy world. Forgiveness opens our hearts and expands our spiritual horizon, pestering us to live the gospel more consciously and fully. Forgiveness requires prayer, grace and perseverance. When we forgive, we can heal our memories and discover a path to freedom and peace. This book, intended for a general audience, will show that the Bible tells us all this and much more about forgiveness.

About the author

Mary Ann Getty holds an S.T.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has been teaching New Testament courses in colleges and seminaries for more than thirty years and has recently retired from teaching full time to devote more time to writing and lecturing. Mary Ann has written several commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul. Her recent books include Women in the New Testament (Liturgical Press), the companion commentary to the Little Rock Scripture Study of the same name.