## Lord’s Day 51
### 126. Q. What does the fifth petition mean?

**A**. “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” means: Because of Christ’s blood, do not impute to us, poor sinners that we are, any of the transgressions we do or the evil that constantly clings to us.<sup>1</sup> Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, wholeheartedly to forgive our neighbors.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ps. 51:1–7](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms51.md); [143:2](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms143.md#2); [Rom. 8:1](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md); [1 John 2:1–2](/References/Bible/62%20-%201John/1John2.md)
<sup>2</sup> [Matt. 6:14–15](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew6.md#14); [18:21–35](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew18.md#21)