FORGIVENESS

(See also Amnesty; Repentance)

Adam could not receive: w75 459

basis: hp 107-110; w78 6/15 21; w78 8/1 5; w77 693-698; w74 494-498; w72 438-439; w72 599-600; w71 270-272, 276; w71 632; w70 387-388; w69 255-256; w66 540-542, 677, 679; w65 330, 623-624; gv 22-23; w64 93, 523; w63 421, 456, 472-474, 508-510, 604; g63 9/8 7-8; w62 37, 580; w61 39; ns 218; g61 5/8 5-6; w60 397-400; w59 171-172, 678-679; w51 498; w47 120

discussion: w79 9/1 3-4; w75 38-41; ad 601

examples: w75 39; w74 495, 503-505; w72 689, 707-708; w70 389; w69 556-558; w65 304-305; g64 2/8 7; w63 352, 509, 564; g62 8/22 4; w60 398; w59 651-652; w49 169-170

of persons forgiven: g78 2/8 27-28

experiences:

in asking for forgiveness: yb81 64-65; w80 6/1 32

nine-year-old son saves a marriage: w81 11/1 21

for blasphemy: g78 2/8 27-28

for sexual immorality: w75 755-756; w74 671-672; g64 10/22 27-28; w60 726-728; w58 95; w56 594-596

when innocent mate resumes sex relations with mate guilty of adultery: w81 3/1 30-31

for sin against the congregation: w81 9/1 24-25; w78 1/1 31; w77 693; w72 437

Jehovah’s: w83 12/15 27-28; w82 4/15 5; kc 27; w78 3/1 17-18; g77 2/8 4; w75 38-41; w74 495-496, 498; ts 188-189; w73 100; w72 118-120, 430-436; w71 236-237; w70 387-388; w69 292; g69 6/22 28; w67 140, 142, 461-462; g65 1/8 4; w64 518; w59 544; w54 122-123

for murder: g75 11/22 28

meaning of term: g62 8/22 3; w60 333; w35 222

overlooking faults of others: w80 6/1 24; bw 182; w75 675; w73 333, 335

prayers for: w78 8/15 6; w65 71-72; g62 6/8 6

proof of the genuineness of love: w79 9/1 3-4

purpose: w78 2/15 9-10; w74 460-462, 466-467; w74 504-505; g63 9/8 6; w54 571; w47 117

role of confession: w77 693; g74 11/8 27-28; w72 436-437

seeking: w72 335; w67 536-537

“seventy-seven times” (Mt 18:22): w69 383-384; w63 35; g63 9/8 7-8; g61 3/22 7; w60 400, 404; w51 499; w35 222

toward others: g81 4/22 24-25; w80 9/15 4; w78 2/15 9-10; w78 8/15 6; w75 675; w74 148-149, 154; w74 497-499, 503-505; g74 5/22 27; w73 334; w72 708; w71 102-103; w71 574; w71 579-580; te 63-66; w70 387-390; w69 323-324, 440, 516, 560-561; g69 6/22 28; w67 310-311, 462-463; yl 171; w65 299-302, 304-305; w64 304-305; w63 35-36, 115-116, 167, 409, 452, 564; mg63 13; g63 9/8 8; g63 12/8 3-4; g62 8/22 3-4; w61 355; g61 3/22 7; w60 333, 404; w53 682-683; w51 499; w49 168-169; w43 148

marriage mates: w79 9/1 4; w70 388-389