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102 Bible verses for reconciliation in the family
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.
He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.
When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord – a wife should not divorce a husband
(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.
Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.
Remember Lot’s wife!
Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”
Then the disciples said to him, “Where, Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”
Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”
Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.
But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
A person’s wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,
and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.
Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.
Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.
Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.
But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.
“The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.
For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,
complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!
We love because he loved us first.
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,
If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.
For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,
and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.
Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.
Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.