Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need. Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. . . .

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. . . .

This is My command to you: Love one another.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

All the brothers here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.