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“Correcting
a brother”
Matthew 18:15-17 ESV / 219 helpful votes
“If
your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him
alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not
listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be
established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen
to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church,
let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Galatians 6:1 ESV / 147 helpful votes
Brothers,
if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore
him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Titus 3:10-11 ESV / 126 helpful votes
As
for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have
nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful;
he is self-condemned.
2 Thessalonians 3:15 ESV / 81 helpful votes
Do
not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 63 helpful votes
Preach
the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort,
with complete patience and teaching.
1 Timothy 5:20 ESV / 59 helpful votes
As
for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the
rest may stand in fear.
Romans 14:1-23 ESV / 43 helpful votes
As
for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over
opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats
only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let
not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has
welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is
before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the
Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than
another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully
convinced in his own mind.
Romans 16:17 ESV / 41 helpful votes
I
appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create
obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
Ezekiel 33:7-12 ESV / 32 helpful votes
“So
you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear
a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the
wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the
wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but
his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from
his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his
iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. “And you, son of man, say to
the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our
sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ Say
to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of
the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn
back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 28 helpful votes
All
Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent,
equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 18 helpful votes
And
let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not
neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one
another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Acts 20:28 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Pay
careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit
has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with
his own blood.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 16 helpful votes
If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Titus 3:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes
As
for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have
nothing more to do with him,
2 Thessalonians 3:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Now
we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep
away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the
tradition that you received from us.
1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
And
we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the
weak, be patient with them all.
Matthew 5:23-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes
So
if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother
has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First
be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
1 Corinthians 5:1-13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
It
is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind
that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And
you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be
removed from among you. For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and
as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a
thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is
present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan
for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of
the Lord.
James 5:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes
My
brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him
back,
Hebrews 13:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Remember
your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of
their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Titus 1:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes
He
must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to
give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
2 Corinthians 2:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes
So
you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by
excessive sorrow.
Proverbs 10:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Whoever
heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads
others astray.
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes
All
Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,
2 John 1:7-11 ESV / 11 helpful votes
For
many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the
coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the
antichrist. Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for,
but may win a full reward. Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the
teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both
the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this
teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for
whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
James 4:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes
So
whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Obey
your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as
those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with
groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes
If
anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and
have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And
let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
1 Timothy 5:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Do
not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three
witnesses.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Abstain
from every form of evil.
John 13:34-35 ESV / 9 helpful votes
A
new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved
you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you
are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 8 helpful votes
“To
the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven
stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know
your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with
those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are
not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing
up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against
you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from
where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I
will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
2 Corinthians 2:6-11 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For
such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, so you should rather
turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote, that I
might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you
forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven
anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Or
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom
you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So
glorify God in your body.
Romans 6:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Let
not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes
We
destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God,
and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
1 Corinthians 5:4-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
When
you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with
the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the
Lord. Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens
the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you
really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let
us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of
malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Romans 3:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Listen
to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
1 John 2:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
My
little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But
if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in
all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in
your hearts to God.
Romans 14:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
As
for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over
opinions.
Romans 14:1-15:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
As
for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over
opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats
only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let
not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has
welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is
before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the
Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than
another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully
convinced in his own mind.
Romans 6:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do
not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present
yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your
members to God as instruments for righteousness.
John 2:12-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
After
this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his
disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was
at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were
selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And
making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and
oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their
tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not
make my Father's house a house of trade.”
Ezekiel 8:1-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In
the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in
my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God
fell upon me there. Then I looked, and behold, a form that had the appearance
of a man. Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was
something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal. He put out
the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me
up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to
the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the
seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy. And behold, the
glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the valley.
Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I
lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the
entrance, was this image of jealousy.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Finally,
brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be
honored, as happened among you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and
evil men. For not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful. He will establish
you and guard you against the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord
about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. May the
Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Matthew 16:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Jesus
said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 5 helpful votes
That
same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds
gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole
crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A
sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the
birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did
not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of
soil,
Revelation 2:12-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“And
to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the
sharp two-edged sword. “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet
you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of
Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But
I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of
Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so
that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. So
also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent.
If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
2 Peter 2:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But
false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false
teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even
denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Titus 1:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Paul,
a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of
God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in
hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which
I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child
in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our
Savior. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained
into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The
saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires
a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one
wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children
submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how
will he care for God's church?
1 Thessalonians 5:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
We
ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the
Lord and admonish you,
Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let
no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for
building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
No
temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he
will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he
will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Luke 13:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
No,
I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Mark 8:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And
he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.”
Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes
At
that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them
and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you
will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in
my name receives me,
Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The
way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
Galatians 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Bear
one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Therefore
I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says
“Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy
Spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And
such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Romans 10:8-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But
what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that
is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your
mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and
with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Acts 17:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now
these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word
with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were
so.
Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But
a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with
his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought
only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, “Ananias,
why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for
yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not
remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it
that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but
to God.” When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last.
And great fear came upon all who heard of it.
Acts 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be
my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the
earth.”
John 15:1-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“I
am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that
does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he
prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word
that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you
abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in
him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In
the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that
they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first,
“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Matthew 16:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then
they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but
of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Ephesians 6:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And
take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God,
1 Corinthians 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And
you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be
removed from among you.
Love and Forgiveness
Put
on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness,
humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a
complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you,
so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds
everything together in perfect harmony.
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Above
all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
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Bearing
with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other;
as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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There
is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with
punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
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“Judge
not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned;
forgive, and you will be forgiven;
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Be
kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ
forgave you.
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Let
love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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If
I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy
gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I
deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is
patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It
does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
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“For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life.
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So
now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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Whoever
covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close
friends.
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Do
not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.
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Take
my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.”
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Pray
then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom
come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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But
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
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But
love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your
reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to
the ungrateful and the evil.
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To
the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not
separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else
be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
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For
Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the
spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they
formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while
the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were
brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves
you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven
and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having
been subjected to him.
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Then
he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
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As
for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over
opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats
only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let
not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has
welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is
before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the
Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than
another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully
convinced in his own mind.
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On
the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked
where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them
and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them
his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so
I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to
them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are
forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
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Greater
love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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Jesus
answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will
love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
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“If
you love me, you will keep my commandments.
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But
that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And
he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they
glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
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Owe
no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has
fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You
shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other
commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
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new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved
you, you also are to love one another.
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whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so
that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
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hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our
hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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“If
you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love
those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what
benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those
from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend
to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good,
and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you
will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
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Blessed
is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of
sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the
Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by
streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not
wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like
chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the
judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
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what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children
of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did
not know him.
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are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
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If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brothers.
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Jesus
said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
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Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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The
thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life
and have it abundantly.
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For
there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus,
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Therefore
be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us
and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But
sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among
you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor
crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure,
or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and God.
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Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they
cast lots to divide his garments.
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Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to
you seven times, but seventy times seven.
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“Therefore
do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
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How
long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord my
God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, “I
have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
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this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows
everything.
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I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that
you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on
the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if
you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax
collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you
doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
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all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a
humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the
contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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For
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing
with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
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It
was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the
chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and
kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from
the people.” And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he
was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of
pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment
wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three
hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
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“Come
now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall
become like wool.
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“For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the
world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through
him.
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If
a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the
words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord rescued him from the
hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O
Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my
God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold.
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this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our
Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions
that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
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is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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“Let
not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's
house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to
prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you
know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know
where you are going. How can we know the way?”
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For
if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses.
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Who
is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the
remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he
delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread
our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the
sea.
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this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
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Whoever
believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be
condemned.
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“I,
I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not
remember your sins.
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now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O
Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are
mine.
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Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your
foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade
on your right hand.
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will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal
with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
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Now
if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not
to put it too severely—to all of you. For such a one, this punishment by the
majority is enough, so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he
may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for
him.
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what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children
of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did
not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not
yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we
shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as
he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices
lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared to take away sins,
and in him there is no sin.
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on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts,
kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
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the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him
return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon.
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should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all
his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not
forgive your brother from your heart.”
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I
call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my
enemies.
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And
if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And
if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who
begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
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Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
