So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
Acts 7:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The next day he appeared while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, “Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another? American Standard Version (1901) And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? Common English Bible The next day he came upon some Israelites who were caught up in an argument. He tried to make peace between them by saying, ‘You are brothers! Why are you harming each other?’ Catholic Public Domain Version So truly, on the following day, he appeared before those who were arguing, and he would have reconciled them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. So why would you harm one another?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife; and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why hurt you one another? |
So Abram said to Lot, ‘Please, let’s not have quarrelling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
So Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, ‘Don’t argue on the way.’
An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.