Do We Need to Repent To Be Forgiven?

What disappointed me most when I asked followers of Yeshua about their beliefs concerning forgiving others, it was rare they would support their position from the Bible. When I dug a little more, I would get answers such as, "Well, it makes sense to forgive someone even if they do not repent?" "I learned through many years of therapy that forgiving another person whether or not they admit their wrongdoing provides me the freedom to love them." I soon discovered Christian beliefs about forgiveness can be mostly traced back to a therapist's well-meaning advice more than a pastor's exposition of the Word of God.