Being Kind

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: — read the full passage →

in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. — read the full passage →

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

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.

and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — 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.