1 Corinthians 13:4

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

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

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

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.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

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

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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.

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

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

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

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

We love him, because he first loved us.

They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

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.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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

You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

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.

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

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

A dispute also arose among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.

“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

You are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

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

Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.