Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
1 Peter 3:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble). American Standard Version (1901) Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: Common English Bible Finally, all of you be of one mind, sympathetic, lovers of your fellow believers, compassionate, and modest in your opinion of yourselves. Catholic Public Domain Version And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble: |
Like as a father pitieth his children, So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
He that augmenteth his substance by usury and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother:
shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.
And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.
Now in the neighbourhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius; who received us, and entertained us three days courteously.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honour preferring one another;
Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgement.
And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
only, whereunto we have already attained, by that same rule let us walk.
Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
For judgement is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
Behold, we call them blessed which endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
and in your godliness love of the brethren; and in your love of the brethren love.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.