ÌÌ  aphesis 1) release from bondage or imprisonment 2) forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty  Part of Speech: noun feminineRelation: from G863  Citing in TDNT: 1:509, 88 

the linkage between the metanoia for the aphesis of hamartia (sorry I'm mashing the Greek and English together in a very unscholarly way, as I've not properly studied Greek and am also relying on Young's, but bear with me);




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