Being A Friend

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins; — read the full passage →

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another; — read the full passage →

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established; — read the full passage →

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends; — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship <FI>is<Fi> with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin, — read the full passage →

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord! — read the full passage →