speech act discussions of forgiveness have concluded that fundamental to the act is the overcoming of resentment on the part of the forgiver. When Matthew 6:14–15 offers us the words of Jesus, “If you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses,” what is at stake in the text is the willingness to waive one’s right to be “repaid.” To forgive I must reconstrue the world and my relationship