If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints! Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church? I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers? . . .

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

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.

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. . . .

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

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

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

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

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

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water, the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable. . . .

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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

An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

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

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! . . .

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

We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

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.

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

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 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.”

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.”

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

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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

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

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. . . .

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

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

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

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.”

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

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

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

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

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

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,

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.

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

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.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

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

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.

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

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,

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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.

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

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

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.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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

and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. . . .

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain. Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. . . .

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

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

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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.

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.

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. . . .