Colossians 3:13

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

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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

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,

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

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

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

They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

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.

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?

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.

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

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

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

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

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

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

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

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

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

“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.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

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.

“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

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

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

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

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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

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

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

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.

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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,

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins-” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”

Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

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.

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,

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

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

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

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

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

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