Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah God has also forgiven you.
Bear with one another; if anyone has a complaint against someone else, forgive him. Indeed, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.
A song of ascents. By David: Oh, how good, how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in harmony.
Brothers, suppose someone is caught doing something wrong. You who have the Spirit should set him right, but in a spirit of humility, keeping an eye on yourselves so that you won’t be tempted too.
Indeed, this is what you were called to; because the Messiah too suffered, on your behalf, leaving an example so that you should follow in his steps.“He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found on his lips.”When he was insulted, he didn’t retaliate with insults; when he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but handed them over to him who judges justly.
Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called in accordance with his purpose;
So that there will be no disagreements within the body, but rather all the parts will be equally concerned for all the others.
As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf,
And let us keep paying attention to one another, in order to spur each other on to love and good deeds,
You will rebuild the ancient ruins, raise foundations from ages past, and be called “Repairer of broken walls, Restorer of streets to live in.”
Being slow to anger goes with great understanding, being quick-tempered makes folly still worse.
To those who are married I have a command, and it is not from me but from the Lord: a woman is not to separate herself from her husbandBut if she does separate herself, she is to remain single or be reconciled with her husband. Also, a husband is not to leave his wife.
Human being, you have already been told what is good, what Adonai demands of you — no more than to act justly, love grace and walk in purity with your God.
Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.On that day, if someone is on the roof with his belongings in his house, he must not go down to take them away. Similarly, if someone is in the field, he must not turn back —remember Lot’s wife!Whoever aims at preserving his own life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will stay alive.I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind.There will be two women grinding grain together — one will be taken and the other left behind.”They asked him, “Where, Lord?” He answered, “Wherever there’s a dead body, that’s where the vultures gather.”Also, if seven times in one day he sins against you, and seven times he comes to you and says, ‘I repent,’ you are to forgive him.”
Therefore, openly acknowledge your sins to one another, and pray for each other, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
“I am giving you a new command: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other.Everyone will know that you are my talmidim by the fact that you have love for each other.”
“Come now,” says Adonai, “let’s talk this over together. Even if your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow; even if they are red as crimson, they will be like wool.
Let no harmful language come from your mouth, only good words that are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those who hear them.
Therefore, let’s stop passing judgment on each other! Instead, make this one judgment — not to put a stumbling block or a snare in a brother’s way.
However, knowing what they were thinking, Yeshua said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not survive.
but he told me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is brought to perfection in weakness.” Therefore, I am very happy to boast about my weaknesses, in order that the Messiah’s power will rest upon me.
“Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.
Adonai your God is right there with you, as a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you and be glad, he will be silent in his love, he will shout over you with joy.”
This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh.
Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;Regard it all as joy, my brothers, when you face various kinds of temptations;for a person’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness!
and a slave of the Lord shouldn’t fight. On the contrary, he should be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and not resentful when mistreated.
For thus says the High, Exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy: “I live in the high and holy place but also with the broken and humble, in order to revive the spirit of the humble and revive the hearts of the broken ones.
Do everything without kvetching or arguing,so that you may be blameless and pure children of God, without defect in the midst of a twisted and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the sky,
People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
He will go out ahead of Adonai in the spirit and power of Eliyahu to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for Adonai a people prepared.”
And now, brothers, shalom! Put yourselves in order, pay attention to my advice, be of one mind, live in shalom — and the God of love and shalom will be with you.
Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded,
Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but for those advising peace there is joy.
Likewise, you who are less experienced, submit to leaders. Further, all of you should clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, because God opposes the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
Children, what you should do in union with the Lord is obey your parents, for this is right.Finally, grow powerful in union with the Lord, in union with his mighty strength!Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.So take up every piece of war equipment God provides; so that when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist; and when the battle is won, you will still be standing.Therefore, stand! Have the belt of truth buckled around your waist, put on righteousness for a breastplate,and wear on your feet the readiness that comes from the Good News of shalom.Always carry the shield of trust, with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.And take the helmet of deliverance; along with the sword given by the Spirit, that is, the Word of God;as you pray at all times, with all kinds of prayers and requests, in the Spirit, vigilantly and persistently, for all God’s people.And pray for me, too, that whenever I open my mouth, the words will be given to me to be bold in making known the secret of the Good News,“Honor your father and mother” — this is the first commandment that embodies a promise —for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, the way I should.Now, so that you may also be informed about how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and a faithful worker for the Lord, will tell you everything.This is the very reason I have sent him to you, so that you may know how we are getting along and so that he may comfort and encourage you.Shalom to the brothers. May God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah give you love and trust.Grace be to all who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with undying love.“so that it may go well with you, and you may live long in the Land.”Fathers, don’t irritate your children and make them resentful; instead, raise them with the Lord’s kind of discipline and guidance.
My son, obey your father’s command, and don’t abandon your mother’s teaching.Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck.When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will talk with you.
Moreover, anyone who does not provide for his own people, especially for his family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
You meant to do me harm, but God meant it for good — so that it would come about as it is today, with many people’s lives being saved. (vii)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves —For he risked his life and nearly died working for the Messiah, in order to give me the help you were not in a position to give.look out for each other’s interests and not just for your own.
So if you are offering your gift at the Temple altar and you remember there that your brother has something against you,leave your gift where it is by the altar, and go, make peace with your brother. Then come back and offer your gift.
And may God, the source of encouragement and patience, give you the same attitude among yourselves as the Messiah Yeshua had,
But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure, then peaceful, kind, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.And peacemakers who sow seed in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
Nevertheless, brothers, I call on you in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to agree, all of you, in what you say, and not to let yourselves remain split into factions but be restored to having a common mind and a common purpose.
So he got up and started back to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran and threw his arms around him and kissed him warmly.
‘Esav ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around his neck and kissed him; and they wept.
“In the past Adonai-Tzva’ot said, ‘Administer true justice. Let everyone show mercy and compassion to his brother.
and he kissed all his brothers and wept on them. After that, his brothers talked with him.
Don’t owe anyone anything — except to love one another; for whoever loves his fellow human being has fulfilled Torah.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with feelings of compassion and with kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.
Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in every respect grow up into him who is the head, the Messiah.
Don’t let love be a mere outward show. Recoil from what is evil, and cling to what is good.
The way that we have come to know love is through his having laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers!
Thus they are no longer two, but one. So then, no one should split apart what God has joined together.”
Avram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between me and you, or between my herdsmen and yours, since we’re kinsmen.
And it is all from God, who through the Messiah has reconciled us to himself and has given us the work of that reconciliation,which is that God in the Messiah was reconciling mankind to himself, not counting their sins against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
For he himself is our shalom — he has made us both one and has broken down the m’chitzah which divided us
then complete my joy by having a common purpose and a common love, by being one in heart and mind.
Then Kefa came up and said to him, “Rabbi, how often can my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven times?”“No, not seven times,” answered Yeshua, “but seventy times seven!
Keep pursuing shalom with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
We ourselves love now because he loved us first.Here is how you recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges that Yeshua the Messiah came as a human being is from God,If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For if a person does not love his brother, whom he has seen, then he cannot love God, whom he has not seen.Yes, this is the command we have from him: whoever loves God must love his brother too.
He who conceals an offense promotes love, but he who harps on it can separate even close friends.
and making every effort to preserve the unity the Spirit gives through the binding power of shalom.
Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;
Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs.
It is harder to win an offended brother than a strong city; their fights are like the bars of a fortress.
Children, what you should do in union with the Lord is obey your parents, for this is right.Finally, grow powerful in union with the Lord, in union with his mighty strength!Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.So take up every piece of war equipment God provides; so that when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist; and when the battle is won, you will still be standing.Therefore, stand! Have the belt of truth buckled around your waist, put on righteousness for a breastplate,and wear on your feet the readiness that comes from the Good News of shalom.Always carry the shield of trust, with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.And take the helmet of deliverance; along with the sword given by the Spirit, that is, the Word of God;as you pray at all times, with all kinds of prayers and requests, in the Spirit, vigilantly and persistently, for all God’s people.And pray for me, too, that whenever I open my mouth, the words will be given to me to be bold in making known the secret of the Good News,“Honor your father and mother” — this is the first commandment that embodies a promise —for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, the way I should.Now, so that you may also be informed about how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and a faithful worker for the Lord, will tell you everything.This is the very reason I have sent him to you, so that you may know how we are getting along and so that he may comfort and encourage you.Shalom to the brothers. May God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah give you love and trust.Grace be to all who love our Lord Yeshua the Messiah with undying love.“so that it may go well with you, and you may live long in the Land.”
So, since we have come to be considered righteous by God because of our trust, let us continue to have shalom with God through our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;but if you do not forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will not forgive yours.