{
  "id": "MTOM-0065",
  "title": "Forgiveness Preached Without Restitution Where Restitution Is Biblically Required",
  "slug": "forgiveness-preached-without-restitution-where-restitution-is-biblically-required",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/forgiveness-preached-without-restitution-where-restitution-is-biblically-required/",
  "category": "Love, Judgment, and Correction",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "danger_type": "forgiveness_without_repair",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Forgiveness is not earned by restitution, but repentance often requires concrete repair where wrong has been done.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Exod 22:1-14",
    "Num 5:6-7",
    "Luke 19:8-10",
    "Matt 5:23-24",
    "Eph 4:28"
  ],
  "key_terms": "shalam [repay, make whole]; apodidomi [give back, repay]; metanoia [repentance]; dikaiosyne [righteousness]",
  "related_topics": [
    "forgiveness-weaponized-to-silence-the-wounded",
    "confession-without-forsaking-sin",
    "matthew-18-misused-to-suppress-public-exposure-of-public-sin",
    "rebuke-treated-as-unloving"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.121969+00:00"
}