In the prayer that Christ taught His disciples was the request: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. We cannot repeat this prayer from the heart and dare to be unforgiving, for we ask the Lord to forgive our trespasses against Him in the same manner that we forgive those who trespass against us. But few realize the true import of this prayer. If those who are unforgiving did comprehend the depth of its meaning they would not dare to repeat it and ask God to deal with them as they deal with their fellow mortals. And yet this spirit of hardness and lack of forgiveness exists even among brethren to a fearful extent. Brother is exacting with brother. {3T 95.1}

I den bøn som Kristus lærte sine disciple var anmodningen: Tilgiv os vore overtrædelse som vi tilgiver dem som gør os fortræd. Vi kan ikke gentage denne bøn fra hjertet og vove at være utilgivende, for vi beder Herren om at tilgive vore overtrædelser imod ham på den samme måde som vi tilgiver dem som gør os fortræd. Men få erkender den sande betydning i denne bøn. Hvis de utilgivende fatter dybden af dens mening ville de ikke igen vove at bede Gud om at behandle dem som de behandler deres andre dødelige medmennesker. Og alligevel hersker denne hårdhed og tilgivelsesløse ånd blandt brødre i et frygteligt omfang. Bror er streng over for bror.