Getting Along

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

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

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

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

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

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;

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.

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

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

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

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

The beginning of contention <FI>is<Fi> a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

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 a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil, — read the full passage →

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see--that ye may not by one another be consumed.

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

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

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

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

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — 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.

And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim, — 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.

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

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,

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us; — read the full passage →

neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock, — read the full passage →

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

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

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

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

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

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

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

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

`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.

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors. — 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,

`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 →

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

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

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

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

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

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;

and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,

because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

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;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

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

so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.

And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> near;

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

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

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.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

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

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus; — read the full passage →

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

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

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

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

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 →

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'