When You Hurt Others

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

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 →

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 know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

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.

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

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — 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,

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

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

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

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

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 →

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — 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 →

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

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

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

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

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

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

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;

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

“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.

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.

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire; — read the full passage →

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

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

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

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

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.

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

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

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

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

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.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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

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

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,