Thematic Bible: Social duties to regard all men as brothers
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Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;
but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting 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
In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;
Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.
and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'
the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.
And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,
for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;
And Elisha hath been sick with his sickness in which he dieth, and come down unto him doth Joash king of Israel, and weepeth on his face, and saith, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen.'
naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.
and Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?
Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh -- to the age -- that my brother I may not cause to stumble.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings --
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, 'Lo, my mother and my brethren!
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