05/04/2026
Should We Forgive Adultery?
Yes, if your partner is remorseful, give them another chance and trust them fully again. When they realize that you trust them again, they’ll do their best to prove trustworthy.
Forgiveness means forgetting - never again reminding them what they did. Forgiveness is divine - for God says, “And their sins I will remember no more” (Heb. 8:12).
Love does not remind one of failures. Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). True love is unconditional. To truly love is God-like - for God is love (1 John 4:8).
Biblically, you have a right to divorce your partner because of adultery (Matt. 5:32 & 19:9) - just as God has a right to send you to hell. But love does not settle scores - love extends grace.
We forgive just as God in Christ forgave us (Eph. 4:32). Hypocrites are quick to stone the adulterer - but the righteous extend grace - they forgive as Jesus commanded (Luke 17:4).
You and I are not Jesus. We might not be able to keep forgiving adultery. But if your partner messes up once or twice, and is genuinely remorseful, ask God for the grace to forgive.