Luke 17: 3
3 ¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother atrespass• against thee,
rebuke him; and if he repent, bforgive him.




Luke 17: 4
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I arepent; thou shalt
forgive him.




Acts 5: 31
31 Him hath God exalted awith• his right hand to be a bPrince and a
cSaviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and dforgiveness of sins.




Acts 8: 22
22 Repent therefore of this thy awickedness, and pray God, if
perhaps the bthought of thine cheart• may be forgiven thee.




Mosiah 4: 10
10 And again, believe that ye must arepent of your sins and forsake
them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in bsincerity of
heart that he would cforgive• you; and now, if you dbelieve• all
these things see that ye edo• them.




Mosiah 26: 22
22 For behold, athis• is my bchurch; whosoever is cbaptized• shall
be baptized unto repentance. And whomsoever ye receive shall
dbelieve in my name; and him will I freely eforgive.




Mosiah 26: 29
29 Therefore I say unto you, Go; and whosoever transgresseth against
me, him shall ye ajudge baccording to the sins which he has
committed; and if he cconfess• his sins before thee and me, and
drepenteth in the sincerity of his heart, him shall ye eforgive, and
I will forgive him also.




Mosiah 26: 30
30 Yea, and aas• often as my people brepent• will I forgive them
their trespasses against me.




Mosiah 26: 31
31 And ye shall also aforgive• one another your trespasses; for
verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his bneighbor's
trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought
himself under condemnation.




Alma 24: 10
10 And I also thank my God, yea, my great God, that he hath granted
unto us that we might repent of these things, and also that he hath
aforgiven• us of those our many sins and murders which we have
committed, and taken away the bguilt from our hearts, through the
merits of his Son.




Ether 2: 15
15 And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done,
and did call upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were
with him. And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive thee and thy
brethren of their sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye
shall remember that my aSpirit will not always bstrive• with man;
wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut
off from the presence of the Lord. And these are my cthoughts upon
the land which I shall give you for your inheritance; for it shall
be a land dchoice• above all other lands.




Moro. 6: 8
8 But aas• oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real
bintent, they were cforgiven.




D&C 1: 32
32 Nevertheless, he that arepents and does the bcommandments• of the
Lord shall be cforgiven•;




D&C 42: 25
25 But he that has committed adultery and repents with all his
heart, and forsaketh it, and doeth it ano• more, thou shalt forgive;




D&C 50: 39
39 Wherefore, in this thing my servant aEdward• Partridge is not
justified; nevertheless let him repent and he shall be forgiven.




D&C 58: 42
42 Behold, he who has arepented of his bsins•, the same is
cforgiven•, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.




D&C 64: 17
17 And also my servant aEdward• Partridge, behold, he hath sinned,
and bSatan seeketh to destroy his soul; but when these things are
made known unto them, and they repent of the evil, they shall be
forgiven.




D&C 68: 24
24 And if he repent he shall be aforgiven, according to the
covenants and bcommandments• of the church.




D&C 98: 39
39 And again, verily I say unto you, if after thine aenemy has come
upon thee the first time, he repent and come unto thee praying thy
forgiveness, thou shalt forgive him, and shalt hold it no more as a
testimony against thine enemy—




D&C 98: 40
40 And so on unto the second and third time; and as oft as thine
enemy repenteth of the trespass wherewith he has trespassed against
thee, thou shalt aforgive• him, until seventy times seven.




D&C 98: 41
41 And if he trespass against thee and repent not the first time,
nevertheless thou shalt forgive him.




D&C 98: 42
42 And if he trespass against thee the second time, and repent not,
nevertheless thou shalt forgive him.




D&C 98: 43
43 And if he trespass against thee the third time, and repent not,
thou shalt also forgive him.




D&C 98: 44
44 But if he trespass against thee the fourth time thou shalt not
forgive him, but shalt bring these testimonies before the Lord; and
they shall not be blotted out until he repent and areward thee four-
fold in all things wherewith he has trespassed against thee.




Moses 6: 53
53 And our father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said: Why is it that
men must repent and be baptized in water? And the Lord said unto
Adam: Behold I have aforgiven thee thy transgression in the Garden
of Eden.




GS Atone, Atonement
As used in the scriptures, to atone is to suffer the penalty for an
act of sin, thereby removing the effects of sin from the repentant
sinner and allowing him to be reconciled to God. Jesus Christ was
the only one capable of making a perfect atonement for all mankind.
He was able to do so because of his selection and foreordination in
the Grand Council before the world was formed (Ether 3: 14; Moses 4:
1-2; Abr. 3: 27), his divine Sonship, and his sinless life. His
atonement included his suffering for the sins of mankind in the
Garden of Gethsemane, the shedding of his blood, and his death and
subsequent resurrection from the grave (Isa. 53: 3-12; Mosiah 3: 5-
11; Alma 7: 10-13). Because of the Atonement, all people will rise
from the dead with immortal bodies (1 Cor. 15: 22). The Atonement
also provides the way for us to be forgiven of our sins and live
forever with God. But a person who has reached the age of
accountability and received the law can receive these blessings only
if he has faith in Jesus Christ, repents of his sins, receives the
ordinances of salvation, and obeys the commandments of God. Those
who do not reach the age of accountability and those without the law
are redeemed through the Atonement (Mosiah 15: 24-25; Moro. 8: 22).
The scriptures clearly teach that if Christ had not atoned for our
sins, no law, ordinance, or sacrifice would satisfy the demands of
justice, and man could never regain God's presence (2 Ne. 2; 9).



GS Chasten, Chastening
Despise not the chastening hand of the Almighty, Job 5: 17 (Prov. 3:
11). Blessed is the man whom thou chastens, O Lord, Ps. 94: 12. All
scripture is given for reproof, for correction, 2 Tim. 3: 16. The
Lord chastens those whom he loves, Heb. 12: 5-11. The Lord sees fit
to chasten his people, Mosiah 23: 21-22. Except the Lord chasten his
people, they will not remember him, Hel. 12: 3. The Lord did talk
with the brother of Jared, and chastened him, Ether 2: 14. They were
chastened that they might repent, D&C 1: 27. Whom I love I also
chasten that their sins may be forgiven, D&C 95: 1. All those who
will not endure chastening cannot be sanctified, D&C 101: 2-5. My
people must needs be chastened until they learn obedience, D&C 105:
6. He that will not bear chastisement is not worthy of my kingdom,
D&C 136: 31.



GS Condemn, Condemnation
God will condemn a man of wicked devices, Prov. 12: 2. We are
chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world, 1 Cor. 11: 32. Our words, works, and thoughts will condemn
us, Alma 12: 14. By knowing things and not doing them, men come
under condemnation, Hel. 14: 19. If we should cease to labor, we
should be brought under condemnation, Moro. 9: 6. He that forgives
not his brother stands condemned before the Lord, D&C 64: 9. He who
sins against the greater light shall receive the greater
condemnation, D&C 82: 3. The whole Church is under condemnation
until they repent and remember the Book of Mormon, D&C 84: 54-57.



GS Confess, Confession
He shall confess that he has sinned, Lev. 5: 5. They shall confess
their iniquity, Lev. 26: 40-42. Give glory to the Lord God of
Israel, and make confession unto him, Josh. 7: 19. People were
baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins, Matt. 3: 5-6. The
transgressor who confesses his sins shall be forgiven, Mosiah 26:
29. Confess your sins, lest you suffer punishments, D&C 19: 20. The
repentant will confess and forsake their sins, D&C 58: 43. The Lord
is merciful to those who confess sins with humble hearts, D&C 61: 2.
The Lord forgives the sins of those who confess and ask forgiveness,
D&C 64: 7.



GS Faith
The just shall live by faith, Hab. 2: 4. Thy faith hath made thee
whole, Matt. 9: 22 (Mark 5: 34; Luke 7: 50). According to your faith
be it unto you, Matt. 9: 29. If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, nothing shall be impossible unto you, Matt. 17: 20 (Luke 17:
6). I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not, Luke 22: 32.
Faith in Christ's name hath made this man strong, Acts 3: 16. Faith
cometh by hearing the word of God, Rom. 10: 17. If Christ is not
risen your faith is also vain, 1 Cor. 15: 14. Faith worketh by love,
Gal. 5: 6. By grace are ye saved through faith, Eph. 2: 8 (2 Ne. 25:
23). Take the shield of faith, Eph. 6: 16 (D&C 27: 17). I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith, 2 Tim. 4: 7. Faith is the
substance of things hoped for, Heb. 11: 1. Without faith it is
impossible to please him, Heb. 11: 6. Faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, James 2: 17-18, 22. I will go and do the things which the
Lord hath commanded, 1 Ne. 3: 7. The Lord is able to do all things
for the children of men, if they exercise faith in him, 1 Ne. 7: 12.
The pointers in the Liahona worked according to faith, 1 Ne. 16: 28.
Repent, and be baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the
Holy One, 2 Ne. 9: 23. Christ works mighty miracles among the
children of men according to their faith, 2 Ne. 26: 13 (Ether 12:
12; Moro. 7: 27-29, 34-38). Enos's sins were forgiven because of his
faith in Christ, Enos 1: 3-8. Salvation cometh to none such except
it be through faith on the Lord Jesus Christ, Mosiah 3: 12. Hearts
are changed through faith on his name, Mosiah 5: 7. The prayers of
God's servants are answered according to their faith, Mosiah 27: 14.
Give us strength according to our faith in Christ, Alma 14: 26. Call
on God's name in faith, Alma 22: 16. Faith is not to have a perfect
knowledge of things, Alma 32: 21 (Ether 12: 6). As it beginneth to
swell even so nourish it by your faith, Alma 33: 23 (Alma 32: 28).
Their preservation was ascribed to the miraculous power of God
because of their exceeding faith, Alma 57: 25-27. As many as should
look upon the Son of God with faith might live, Hel. 8: 15. I see
that your faith is sufficient that I should heal you, 3 Ne. 17: 8.
Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen, Ether 12: 6. All
they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith, Ether 12: 12-18. If
they have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong
unto them, Ether 12: 27-28, 37. Mormon taught about faith, hope, and
charity, Moro. 7. Whatsoever thing ye shall ask the Father in my
name, which is good, in faith believing that ye shall receive,
behold, it shall be done unto you, Moro. 7: 26. They who have faith
in Christ will cleave unto every good thing, Moro. 7: 28. If ye
shall ask, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth, Moro.
10: 4. Without faith ye can do nothing; therefore ask in faith, D&C
8: 10. It should be granted unto them according to their faith in
their prayers, D&C 10: 47, 52. All men must endure in faith on his
name to the end, D&C 20: 25, 29. Justification through the grace of
Christ is just and true, D&C 20: 30. The Spirit shall be given unto
you by the prayer of faith, D&C 42: 14. Faith cometh not by signs,
but signs follow those that believe, D&C 63: 9-12. Parents are to
teach children faith in Christ, D&C 68: 25. Seek learning, even by
study and also by faith, D&C 88: 118. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
is the first principle of the gospel, A of F 1: 4.



GS Forgive
As used in the scriptures, to forgive generally means one of two
things: (1) When God forgives men, he cancels or sets aside a
required punishment for sin. Through the atonement of Christ,
forgiveness of sins is available to all who repent, except those
guilty of murder or the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost. (2)
As people forgive each other, they treat one another with Christlike
love and have no bad feelings toward those who have offended them
(Matt. 5: 43-45; 6: 12-15; Luke 17: 3-4; 1 Ne. 7: 19-21).



GS Forgive
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity
and transgression, Num. 14: 18. Though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow, Isa. 1: 18. Forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors, Matt. 6: 12 (Luke 11: 4; 3 Ne. 13: 11). The Son
of man has power to forgive sins, Matt. 9: 6 (Matt. 18: 35; Mark 2:
10; Luke 5: 20-24). How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I
forgive him? Matt. 18: 21-22 (D&C 98: 40). He that blasphemes
against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, Mark 3: 29 (Alma 39:
6). If thy brother trespass against thee and repent, forgive him,
Luke 17: 3. Father forgive them, for they know not what they do,
Luke 23: 34. Pray for forgiveness, 1 Ne. 7: 21. Apply the atoning
blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, Mosiah
4: 2. If he confess his sins before thee and me, and repent, him
shall ye forgive, Mosiah 26: 29-31. He that repents and does the
commandments shall be forgiven, D&C 1: 32. Thrust in your sickle,
and your sins are forgiven, D&C 31: 5 (D&C 84: 61). He who has
repented of his sins is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no
more, D&C 58: 42. I will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it
is required to forgive all men, D&C 64: 10. Inasmuch as you have
forgiven one another your trespasses, even so I, the Lord, forgive
you, D&C 82: 1. Whom I love I also chasten that their sins may be
forgiven, D&C 95: 1. I have forgiven thee thy transgression, Moses
6: 53.



GS Justice
The soul that sinneth shall die, Ezek. 18: 4. What doth the Lord
require of thee, but to do justly? Micah 6: 8. Jesus will be just
and forgive our sins, 1 John 1: 9. The justice of God did divide the
wicked from the righteous, 1 Ne. 15: 30. The Atonement satisfies the
demands of his justice, 2 Ne. 9: 26. All mankind is fallen and is in
the grasp of justice, Alma 42: 14. The Atonement appeases the
demands of justice, Alma 42: 15. Do ye suppose that mercy can rob
justice? Alma 42: 25. The justice of God hangs over you except you
repent, Alma 54: 6. Justice and judgment are the penalty that is
affixed to my law, D&C 82: 4. Justice continues in its course and
claims its own, D&C 88: 40. None shall be exempted from the justice
and the laws of God, D&C 107: 84.



GS Remission of Sins
Forgiveness for wrongdoing upon condition of repentance. Remission
of sins is made possible by the atonement of Jesus Christ. A person
obtains a remission of his sins if he has faith in Christ, repents
of his sins, receives the ordinances of baptism and laying on of
hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obeys God's commandments
(A of F 1: 3-4).



GS Repent, Repentance
Make confession unto the Lord, Ezra 10: 11. Put away the evil of
your doings; cease to do evil, Isa. 1: 16. Repent, and turn
yourselves from all your transgressions, Ezek. 18: 30-31. Repent ye:
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, Matt. 3: 2. There is joy in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, Luke 15: 7. God commandeth
all men every where to repent, Acts 17: 30 (2 Ne. 9: 23; 3 Ne. 11:
31-40; D&C 133: 16). Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, 2
Cor. 7: 10. The Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent has wrought a mighty
change in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil,
Mosiah 5: 2. If he confess his sins and repent, him shall ye
forgive, Mosiah 26: 29. After Alma's preaching, many people began to
repent, Alma 14: 1. Do not procrastinate the day of your repentance,
Alma 34: 33. Alma taught Helaman of his repentance and conversion,
Alma 36 (Mosiah 27: 8-32). Repentance could not come unto men except
there were a punishment, Alma 42: 16. Let your sins trouble you,
with that trouble which shall bring you down unto repentance, Alma
42: 29. Ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a
contrite spirit, 3 Ne. 9: 20. Whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as
a little child, him will I receive, 3 Ne. 9: 22. Repent, all ye ends
of the earth, 3 Ne. 27: 20. As oft as they repented, they were
forgiven, Moro. 6: 8. Say nothing but repentance unto this
generation, D&C 6: 9 (D&C 11: 9). How great is his joy in the soul
that repenteth! D&C 18: 13. Every man must repent or suffer, D&C 19:
4. He that sinneth and repenteth not shall be cast out, D&C 42: 28.
He who confesses and forsakes his sins is forgiven, D&C 58: 42-43.
The dead who repent will be redeemed, D&C 138: 58. We believe in
repentance, A of F 1: 4.



GS Sin
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, Prov. 28: 13. Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, Isa. 1: 18.
Sinners shall die, and the righteous shall be saved, Ezek. 18. The
Lamb of God taketh away the sins of the world, John 1: 29. Be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, Acts 22: 16. The wages of sin is
death, Rom. 6: 23. To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
to him it is sin, James 4: 17. Wilt thou make me that I may shake at
the appearance of sin, 2 Ne. 4: 31. Wo unto all those who die in
their sins, 2 Ne. 9: 38. They could not look upon sin save it were
with abhorrence, Alma 13: 12. Do not suppose ye will be restored
from sin to happiness, Alma 41: 9-10. The Lord cannot look upon sin
with the least degree of allowance, Alma 45: 16 (D&C 1: 31). Little
children are not capable of committing sin, Moro. 8: 8. To repent,
men must confess and forsake their sins, D&C 58: 42-43. The greater
sin remains in him who forgives not, D&C 64: 9. He who sins against
the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation, D&C 82: 3.
Unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, D&C 82: 7.
When we undertake to cover our sins, the heavens withdraw
themselves, D&C 121: 37.



GS Sons of Perdition
None of them is lost but the son of perdition, John 17: 12. It is
impossible to renew them again unto repentance, Heb. 6: 4-6 (Heb.
10: 26-29). Mercy hath no claim on that man and his final doom is
never-ending torment, Mosiah 2: 36-39. He is as though there was no
redemption made, Mosiah 16: 5. Those who deny Christ's miracles to
get gain shall become like the son of perdition, 3 Ne. 29: 7. They
will receive no forgiveness in this world or the next, D&C 76: 30-34
(D&C 84: 41; 132: 27). They are the only ones who will not be
redeemed from the second death, D&C 76: 34-48. Sons of perdition
deny the Holy Spirit after receiving it, D&C 76: 35. Sons of
perdition deny the Son after the Father has revealed him, D&C 76:
43. Cain shall be called Perdition, Moses 5: 22-26.



GS Unpardonable Sin
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men,
Matt. 12: 31-32 (Mark 3: 29; Luke 12: 10). It is impossible for
those who were made partakers of the Holy Ghost to renew them again
unto repentance, Heb. 6: 4-6. If we sin wilfully after we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins, Heb. 10: 26. If ye deny the Holy Ghost and know
that ye deny it, this is a sin which is unpardonable, Alma 39: 5-6
(Jacob 7: 19). They have no forgiveness, having denied the Only
Begotten Son, having crucified him unto themselves, D&C 76: 30-35.
The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven, which is
shedding innocent blood after ye have received my new and
everlasting covenant, D&C 132: 26-27.



BD Confession
The scriptures use confession in at least two ways. One is to
confess that Jesus is the Christ; that is, a confession or
profession of faith; see, for example, Matt. 10: 32; Matt. 16: 16;
John 6: 68-69; John 12: 42; Rom. 10: 9; Philip. 2: 11; 1 Tim. 6: 12;
Heb. 4: 14; 1 Jn. 4: 2. A second usage of confession is confession
of sin. It is a duty of all persons to confess all their sins to the
Lord and, when necessary, to the person or persons sinned against.
Sins against the public must be publicly confessed (D&C 42: 88-93).
Other items may be confessed to a church official (bishop), or in
many cases to the Lord alone. Confession to a church official (in
most cases the bishop) is necessary whenever one's transgression is
of a nature for which the Church might impose loss of membership or
other disciplinary action. The bishop cannot and does not forgive
sin, but he may judge the matter and waive the penalty that the
Church might otherwise impose against the person. The repentant
sinner must still make confession and obtain forgiveness of the
Lord.=Confession is a condition of forgiveness. The Lord has said
that true repentance is always accompanied by confession (D&C 58:
43; D&C 64: 7). Confession was clearly a requirement of forgiveness
under the law of Moses (Lev. 5: 5; Lev. 26: 40; Num. 5: 7; Josh. 7:
19; Ezra 10: 11). John the Baptist baptized those who repented and
confessed their sins (Matt. 3: 5-6).



BD Zechariah
Son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (Neh. 12: 4, 16); a contemporary of
Haggai (Ezra 5: 1; Ezra 6: 14); prophesied from 2nd to 4th year of
Darius I (520-518 B.C.) The book of Zechariah has two divisions:
chs. 1 - 8, a series of visions sketching the future of the people
of God, and chs. 9 -14, prophecies of an obscure kind, belong to a
different situation. The Visions: Zech. 1: 1-6, introduction:
warning to hear and repent, by the example of the fathers, who
refused to hear and were overtaken by God's judgments, justly, as
they acknowledged. Zech. 1: 7-17, first vision, riders on horses of
various colors, which go over all the earth to report on the state
of the nation in the interests of Jerusalem. Zech. 1: 18-21, second
vision, four horns - all the agencies that have scattered Israel;
and four craftsmen - the divine agencies that shall counteract and
destroy them. Ch. 2, third vision, a man with a measuring line to
measure Jerusalem. The city shall be immeasurable and overflow with
people. Ch. 3, fourth vision, Joshua, the high priest, in filthy
garments, standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan at his
right hand to accuse him (cf. Job 1: 6-11). Satan is rebuked; the
Lord who has chosen Jerusalem has plucked the brand from the
burning. The beautiful vision might be a reflection of the feeling
of the people, their abject condition awakening a sense of their
sin, and the fear that the Lord had not returned to them in truth.
They are comforted with the assurance that his favor and forgiveness
are with them, dispensed through the ministries among them; these
ministries are but types of a more perfect one, when through the
Branch (Messiah, Jer. 23: 5; Jer. 33: 15) the Lord will remove the
iniquity of the land in one day. Ch. 4, fifth vision, a lampstand
surmounted by a bowl of oil, which feeds by tubes the seven burning
lamps of the lampstand, two olive trees on either side supplying the
bowl with oil. The lamps might represent the light shed by the
people or that shed among them. The oil is the symbol of the Spirit,
through whom, and not by might or power, all Israel's work and
destiny shall be accomplished. This Spirit is dispensed through the
two anointed ones ("sons of oil"), representing the priestly and
royal rule (Joshua and Zerubbabel). Zech. 5: 1-4, sixth vision, a
symbol of the curse that shall light on sin in the land. Zech. 5: 5-
11, seventh vision, symbol of the removing of the sin of the people
to Shinar, the land of their foes (Lev. 16: 21). Zech. 6: 1-8,
eighth vision, horsemen, called also winds (Rev. 7: 1), going to all
quarters of the earth - symbols of agencies by which God shall
subdue the nations, foes of his people. Zech. 6: 9-15, symbolical
action to teach that the Branch (Messiah), who shall truly build the
temple of the Lord, shall be a Crowned Priest. Chs. 7 and 8 reply to
a question about fasting: the Lord is indifferent whether men fast
or eat; he desires that they execute judgment and show mercy (Zech.
7: 8-10). The fasts shall be turned into festivals of joy (Zech. 8:
19). Chs. 1 - 8 are full of profoundly spiritual teaching.



JST Mark 3: 21-25
22 But he answered them and said, Verily I say unto you, All sins
which men have committed, when they repent, shall be forgiven them;
for I came to preach repentance unto the sons of men.




JST Luke 12: 9-12
12 Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, and
repenteth, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him who blasphemeth
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him.