‹Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;› [and] ‹whose soever› [sins] ‹ye retain, they are retained.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Ceux à qui vous pardonnerez les péchés, ils leur seront pardonnés; et ceux à qui vous les retiendrez, ils leur seront retenus.
KJV
‹Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;› [and] ‹whose soever› [sins] ‹ye retain, they are retained.›
Pacian of Barcelona
Three Letters to Sympronianus
h will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19; John 20:23)? Why would He say this if it weren't allowed for people to bind and loose? Is this permission only for the Apostles? If only they can baptize, give the Holy Spirit, an…
Pacian of Barcelona
Three Letters to Sympronianus
h will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19; John 20:23)? Why would He say this if it weren't allowed for people to bind and loose? Is this only allowed for the Apostles? Then is it also only allowed for them to baptize, gi…
Pacian of Barcelona
Three Letters to Sympronianus
f you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven." (John 20:23) . So, this forgiving or retaining seems to pertain to the nations that were to be baptized, because the first Evangelist spoke about the nations beforehand, and the la…
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