Hebrews 13:3

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

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.

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,

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

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

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

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

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.

Let brotherly love continue.

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

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.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

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

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

to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

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

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

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

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,

My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

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?

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

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

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

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.

and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

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

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

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

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

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

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

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.

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

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

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

For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.

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 each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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,

I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

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.’”

He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

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.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

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

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,

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

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

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,