Preventing Conflict

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

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

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. — read the full passage →

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. — read the full passage →

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

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

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, — read the full passage →

In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.