Family Disputes

`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 thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

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

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

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

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

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

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;

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, — read the full passage →

To do justice <FI>is<Fi> joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

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;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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 Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

`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 →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.' — read the full passage →

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

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

`I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

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

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

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

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

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

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.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

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,

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 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.

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;

for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

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

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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.

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

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

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;

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

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

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

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

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

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — 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?'

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

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

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;

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — 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;

`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 →

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

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

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

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

`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.

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;

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

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

and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority; — read the full passage →

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

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 →