Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jerusalem and handed over?

And when he came near the hole where Daniel was, he gave a loud cry of grief; the king made answer and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whose servant you are at all times, able to keep you safe from the lions?

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

Must

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

But

He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

Apt

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

General references

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.