John 20:23

Where it is preached

1. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

   The Key to Release cites John 20:23

   …and forgiveness, all without causing offense yourself… the theme of this book! John 20:23 This verse is another parallel verse to the two above, though it is written by John in…

2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites John 20:23

   …by those to whom Christ said, “Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them,” (John 20:23). Nor is private absolution of less benefit or efficacy when asked by those who stand in…

3. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

   The Key in My Hand cites JOHN 20:23

   …remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. JOHN 20:23 We cannot forgive sins as God forgives them, Evans says; only God can remove sin as far…

4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites John 20:23

   …they bound or loosed on earth being bound or loosed in heaven (Mt. 5:13, 14; Luke 10:16; John 20:23). But they declare in their own name what the authority was which their office conferred…

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 11 — Of the Jurisdiction of the Church, and the Abuses of It, as Exemplified in the Papacy cites John 20:23

   …remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained” (John 20:23). I will give an interpretation, not subtle, not forced, not wrested, but genuine…

6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 12 — Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication cites John 20:23

   …the perverse, and by the word of the Lord in taking the penitent back into favour (John 20:23). Those, I say, who trust that churches can long stand without this bond of discipline…

7. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

   Confession cites John xx. 23

   …ye remit they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain they are retained” (John xx. 23), is often quoted in defence of the Romish view of priestly absolution, but I am firmly…