And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, having forgiven one another, even as also God forgave you in Christ.
bearing with one another and forgiving yourselves, if anyone has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also you should forgive.
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold! How good and how pleasant is the living of brothers, even in unity.
Brothers, if a man is taken in some deviation, you, the spiritual ones, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering yourself, that you not also be tempted.
For you were called to this, for even Christ suffered on our behalf, leaving behind an example for us, that you should follow His footsteps;“who did not sin, nor was guile found in His mouth”; Isa. 53:9who, being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten, but gave Himself over to the One judging righteously;
But we know that to the ones loving God all things work together for good, to the ones being called out ones according to purpose;
that there not be division in the body, but that the members might have the same care for one another.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Assembly and gave Himself up on her behalf,
And those who come of you shall build the wastes of old; you shall rear the foundations of generations and generations; and you shall be called, One repairing the breach, one restoring paths to live in.
Two are better than one; because there is a good reward for their labor.For if they fall, this one will lift up his companion. But woe to him, the one that falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.
One long to anger is of great understanding, but he who is short of spirit exalts folly.
returning evil for evil to no one; considering beforehand good things before all men. Prov. 3:4
But I command the ones being married (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband;but if indeed she is separated, remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband not to let his wife go.
O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to be humble to walk with your God?
Take heed to yourselves. And if your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.And if seven times in the day he sins against you, and seven times in the day returns to you saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
Confess to one another the deviations from the Law, and pray for one another, that you may be healed; being very strong, the prayer of a righteous one works effectually.
I give a new commandment to you, that you should love one another; according as I loved you, you should also love one another.By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love among one another.
Come now and let us reason together, says Jehovah: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as the crimson, they shall be like wool.
Let not any rotten word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect to the need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.
Therefore let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling block or a snare toward a brother.
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. Therefore, I will rather gladly boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ might dwell on me.
Therefore, all things, as many things as you ever desire that men should do to you, so also you should do to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Jehovah your God is a mighty One in your midst; He will save. He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love. He rejoices over you with a joyful shout.
Combs of honey are sayings of pleasantness, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.
Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall become one flesh.
For the rest, my brothers, be made powerful in the Lord and in the might of His strength.
So that, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.For the wrath of man does not fully work the righteousness of God.
But a slave of the Lord ought not to quarrel, but to be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
For so says the One being high and being lifted up, He who inhabits eternity, and Holy is His name: I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite one and the humble of spirit, to make live the spirit of the humble ones and to make live the heart of the contrite ones.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings,that you may be blameless and guileless, children of God, without fault in the midst of a crooked generation, even being perverted, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,
The discretion of a man makes his anger long, and his glory is to pass over a transgression.
And he will go ahead before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah “to turn the hearts of fathers to their children,” and disobedient ones to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people having been prepared for the Lord. Mal. 4:5, 6
For the rest, brothers, rejoice! Perfect yourselves; encourage yourselves, think the same thing, be at peace; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.
And, finally, be all like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly,
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil things, but to counselors of peace is joy.
Likewise, younger ones be subject to older ones; and all being subject to one another. gird on humility, because God sets Himself “against proud ones, but He gives grace to humble ones”. Prov. 3:34
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise, Ex. 20:12“that it may be well with you, and you may be long-lived on the earth”. Deut. 5:16And fathers, do not provoke to anger your children, but nurture them in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
My son, keep your father’s commands, and do not forsake the law of your mother.Bind them to your heart continually; tie them around your neck.When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall watch over you; and when you awaken, it will muse with you.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his family, he has denied the faith and is worse than a faithless one.
And you, you intended evil against me, but God meant it for good, in order to make it as it is this day, to keep a great many people alive.
But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,meekness, self-control. Against such things there is not a law.
doing nothing according to intrigue or self-glory, but in humility, esteeming one another, as being better than themselves;each one not looking at the things of themselves, but each one also the things of others.
Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and remember there that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then, coming, offer your gift.
So therefore let us pursue the things of peace, and the things for building up one another.
And may the God of patience and encouragement give to you to be mindful of the same thing among one another according to Christ Jesus,
But the wisdom from above is firstly truly pure, then peaceable, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and of good fruits, not partial and not pretended.And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for the ones making peace.
Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all say the same, and there be no schisms among you, but you be restored to harmony, in the same mind and in the same judgment.
And rising up, he came to his father. But he yet being far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. And running, he fell on his neck and fervently kissed him.
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man with his brother.
And he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. And afterwards his brothers spoke with him.
Do not continue to owe, no one, nothing, if not to love one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the Law.
Therefore, as elect ones of God, holy and beloved, put on bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering,
See that not any one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue the good, both towards one another and towards all.
Beloved ones, let us love one another, because love is from God, and every one who loves has been generated from God, and knows God.
but speaking the truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the head, the Christ,
By this we have known the love of God, because that One laid down His life for us; and on behalf of the brothers we ought to lay down our lives.
So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate.
And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.
And all things are from God, the One having reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and having given to us the ministry of reconciliation,as, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging their deviations to them, and putting the Word of reconciliation in us.
fulfill my joy, that you think the same, having the same love, one in soul, being mindful of the one thing,
Then coming near to Him, Peter said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy times seven.
We love Him because He first loved us.If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen?And we have this commandment from Him, that the one who loves God also loves his brother.
One who covers a transgression seeks love, but one repeating a matter separates from a friend.
So that, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Love patiently endures, is kind; love is not envious; love boasts not itself, is not puffed up;does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek the things of itself, is not easily provoked, does not impute evil;
A brother transgressing is like a city of strength; and their contentions are like the bar of a castle.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise, Ex. 20:12“that it may be well with you, and you may be long-lived on the earth”. Deut. 5:16
but before all things having fervent love to yourselves, “because love will cover a multitude of sins”. Prov. 10:12
For if you forgive men their deviations, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.But if you will not forgive men their deviations, neither will your Father forgive your deviations.