Conflict Resolution

`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; — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

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;

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go--first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

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 if he may not hear them, say <FI>it<Fi> to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

`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;

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

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; — read the full passage →

and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.' — read the full passage →

Merciful and gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?'

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

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;

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! -- — read the full passage →

Do two walk together if they have not met?

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

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

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand. — read the full passage →

`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; — read the full passage →

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, — read the full passage →

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

and after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, `Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord--how they are.' — read the full passage →

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah,

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord; — read the full passage →

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers--

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit; — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

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,

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

And the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, — read the full passage →

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.