3 John 1:2

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

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

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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

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

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

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

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

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.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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,

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

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

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

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

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

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.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

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 God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

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

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

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

For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,