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Romans 12:16

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Live in peace with each other. Do not be proud, but make friends with those who seem unimportant. Do not think how smart you are.

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And God united all the people of Judah in obeying King Hezekiah and his officers, because their command had come from the Lord.

“God is powerful, but he does not hate people; he is powerful and sure of what he wants to do.

Whoever mistreats the poor insults their Maker; whoever enjoys someone’s trouble will be punished.

Being kind to the poor is like lending to the Lord; he will reward you for what you have done.

People want others to be loyal, so it is better to be poor than to be a liar.

Poor people’s relatives avoid them; even their friends stay far away. They run after them, begging, but they are gone.

There is more hope for a foolish person than for those who think they are wise.

Answer fools when they speak foolishly, or they will think they are really wise.

Don’t depend on your own wisdom. Respect the Lord and refuse to do wrong.

How terrible it will be for people who think they are wise and believe they are clever.

I will make them truly want to be one people with one goal. They will truly want to worship me all their lives, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Baruch, you are looking for great things for yourself. Don’t look for them, because I will bring disaster on all the people, says the Lord. You will have to go many places, but I will let you escape alive wherever you go.’ ”

The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.

You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

Instead, when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

Jesus looked at his followers and said, “You people who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God belongs to you.

The group of believers were united in their hearts and spirit. All those in the group acted as though their private property belonged to everyone in the group. In fact, they shared everything.

That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe, and you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Do not be proud, but be afraid.

I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.

Because God has given me a special gift, I have something to say to everyone among you. Do not think you are better than you are. You must decide what you really are by the amount of faith God has given you.

May the patience and encouragement that come from God allow you to live in harmony with each other the way Christ Jesus wants.

No! We died to our old sinful lives, so how can we continue living with sin?

I beg you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that all of you agree with each other and not be split into groups. I beg that you be completely joined together by having the same kind of thinking and the same purpose.

Do not fool yourselves. If you think you are wise in this world, you should become a fool so that you can become truly wise,

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are very wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You receive honor, but we are shamed.

I say this to shame you. Surely there is someone among you wise enough to judge a complaint between believers.

If you think you know something, you do not yet know anything as you should.

Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Live in harmony. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Only one thing concerns me: Be sure that you live in a way that brings honor to the Good News of Christ. Then whether I come and visit you or am away from you, I will hear that you are standing strong with one purpose, that you work together as one for the faith of the Good News,

But we should continue following the truth we already have.

I ask Euodia and Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.”

Finally, all of you should be in agreement, understanding each other, loving each other as family, being kind and humble.

Do not be like a ruler over people you are responsible for, but be good examples to them.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be their leader, will not listen to us.




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