Restoring Friendship

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

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;

`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 →

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

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

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

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

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

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

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

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

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

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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 if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

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

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,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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

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;

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

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

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath turned <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add <FI>to<Fi> all that Job hath--to double.

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

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

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 →

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

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

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

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

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

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

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

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

continually pray ye;

The sacrifices of God <FI>are<Fi> a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin <FI>is<Fi> before me continually.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death, — read the full passage →

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

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

Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned <FI>it on<Fi> its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants. — read the full passage →

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

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me--the sinner!

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

He saith to them--`Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

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.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak particularly.

wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

how that God was in Christ--a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, `Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'

My interpreter <FI>is<Fi> my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped: — read the full passage →

And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither. — read the full passage →

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there <FI>he<Fi> , who is testified to that he was living,

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;