Resolving Conflicts

“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.

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.

“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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

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

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

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

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

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

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.

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;

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

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

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

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.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

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 →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

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

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

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 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 →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — 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 →

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. — read the full passage →

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.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

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

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

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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

“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 →

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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

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

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

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 →

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.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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

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, — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

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?

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,

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

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

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.

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

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 →

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

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.

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.” — 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.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

“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 →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.