Quotes related to Ephesians 4:32
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten
— Philip Yancey
Only forgiveness frees us from the injustice of others.
— Philip Yancey
A grace-full Christian is one who looks at the world through "grace-tinted lenses.
— Philip Yancey
When you forgive someone, you slice away the wrong from the person who did it. You disengage that person from his hurtful act.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is not the same as pardon, he advises: you may forgive one who wronged you and still insist on a just punishment for that wrong.
— Philip Yancey
for the resulting chasms of ungrace there is only one remedy: the frail rope-bridge of forgiveness
— Philip Yancey
Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness has its own extraordinary power which reaches beyond law and beyond justice.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is achingly difficult, and long after you've forgiven, the wound—my dastardly deeds—lives on in memory.
— Philip Yancey
forgiveness must be taught and practiced, as one would practice any difficult craft.
— Philip Yancey
When I ask, "Tell me the first word that comes to your mind when I say Christian," not one time has someone suggested the word love. Yet without question that is the proper biblical answer.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness, and only forgiveness, can begin the thaw in the guilty party.
— Philip Yancey