and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.\par
forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
{\b A Song of Ascents; of David.}\par\par\tab Behold, how good and how pleasant it is\par\tab For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:{\b who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth}:who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed {\i himself} to him that judgeth righteously:
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, {\i even} to them that are called according to {\i his} purpose.
that there should be no schism in the body; but {\i that} the members should have the same care one for another.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,\par\tab Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.\par
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding;\par\tab But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive,\par\tab And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
But unto the married I give charge, {\i yea} not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?\par
Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.}\par
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.}\par
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, {\cf6 Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
And he hath said unto me, {\cf6 My grace is sufficient for thee: for {\i my} power is made perfect in weakness.} Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.\par
Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
Pleasant words are {\i as} a honeycomb,\par\tab Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ye know {\i this}, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Do all things without murmurings and questionings:that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;\par\tab And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, {\b to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,} and the disobedient {\i to walk} in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared {\i for him}.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Finally, {\i be} ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;\par\tab But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for {\b God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.}
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.{\b Honor thy father and mother} (which is the first commandment with promise),{\b that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.}And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.\par
My son, keep the commandment of thy father,\par\tab And forsake not the law of thy mother:Bind them continually upon thy heart;\par\tab Tie them about thy neck.When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;\par\tab When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee;\par\tab And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
{\i doing} nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
{\i My} little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
A wrathful man stirreth up contention;\par\tab But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
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.And {\i the} fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.\par
Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and {\i that} there be no divisions among you; but {\i that} ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;\par\tab But every fool will be quarrelling.
And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
When a man's ways please Jehovah,\par\tab He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, {\i even} Christ;
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindness\par\tab Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.}
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.\par
make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?Jesus saith unto him, {\cf6 I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
We love, because he first loved us.If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.\par
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;\par\tab But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
Great peace have they that love thy law;\par\tab And they have no occasion of stumbling.
Ye know {\i this}, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Love suffereth long, {\i and} is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
A brother offended {\i is harder to be won} than a strong city;\par\tab And {\i such} contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.{\b Honor thy father and mother} (which is the first commandment with promise),{\b that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.}
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if ye forgive not men {\i their trespasses}, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.\par