Restoring Friendship

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins: — read the full passage →

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

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

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

pray without ceasing;

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. — read the full passage →

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

and on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus; — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: