Thematic Bible: Social duties to regard all men as brothers
Thematic Bible
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,
Verse Concepts
Forgiveness, Application Ofevil, believers' responses toGrace, In Human RelationshipsMaliceOpposition, To Sin And EvilPersecution, Attitudes ToPrayer, For OthersReconciliation, Between BelieversSuffering SaintsIntercessory PrayerPersecution, Christian ResponseDuties To EnemiesDifferent TeachingsLove Your Neighbour!Praying For Sinners
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward you.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Jehovah.
And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love works no ill to its neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.
Then we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good, to building up.
For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
And Elisha had fallen sick with his illness in which he died. And Jehoash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over his face. And he said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it!
I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.
And King Jehoram went back to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him in Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.
The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Therefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, that I do not offend my brother.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Then let us not judge one another any more, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-block or an offense toward his brother.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
And He has made all nations of men of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth, ordaining fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And He looked around on those who sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brothers!
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