Being Friends With Non Christians

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators; — read the full passage →

If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting: — read the full passage →

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; — read the full passage →

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. — read the full passage →

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; — read the full passage →

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. — read the full passage →

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: — read the full passage →

yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: — read the full passage →

I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. — read the full passage →

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; — read the full passage →

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! — read the full passage →

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness — read the full passage →

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah! — read the full passage →

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! — read the full passage →

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; — read the full passage →

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: — read the full passage →

But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. — read the full passage →

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. — read the full passage →

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. — read the full passage →

And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. — read the full passage →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God? — read the full passage →

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. — read the full passage →

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain — read the full passage →

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →

And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. — read the full passage →

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? — read the full passage →

Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. — read the full passage →

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law: — read the full passage →

And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. — read the full passage →

And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: — read the full passage →

Then came near the heads of fathers’housesof the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel; — read the full passage →

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year. — read the full passage →

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. — read the full passage →