How do I forgive someone who hurt me?

Forgiving is not pretending the wound never happened. Across the scriptures, it means letting go of the debt so it stops controlling you, while still keeping wise boundaries.

Best answered by Christianity

Forgiveness is at the centre of the Gospels, which give the most practical and repeated teaching on it.

What the scriptures say

Christianity

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

Ephesians 4:32 (KJV)

Islam

“Let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you?”

Quran 24:22

Buddhism

“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.”

Dhammapada 5

Judaism

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

Leviticus 19:18

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