Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!

"And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.

If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

(SEE 5:3)