23 (A)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins [a]have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:23 I.e., have previously been forgiven

10 But one whom you forgive anything, I also forgive; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did so for your sakes (A)in the presence of Christ,

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since you are (A)seeking proof of the (B)Christ who speaks in me, who is not weak toward you, but (C)mighty in you.

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10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present (A)I need not use (B)severity, in accordance with the (C)authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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