The Bible’s passages on apologizing deal with confessing sin to God, repaying a person who has been wronged, and being reconciled. Psalm 32:5 and 1 John 1:9 confess sin to God, and 2 Corinthians 7:10 sets “godly sorrow,” which brings repentance, against “worldly sorrow,” which brings death. Numbers 5:6-8 requires a person who wrongs another to confess the sin and to repay the loss, plus a fifth, to the person wronged, alongside the ram with which atonement is made. Matthew…
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