Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Adjudication at law » To be avoided
Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;
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Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,
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But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth.
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Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.
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Strife » Avoiding strife
let us live decorously as in the open light of day ??no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy.
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never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,
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