4 Bible Verses about Social Life
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My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in fine apparel, and there come in also a poor man in dirty raiment, And ye look upon him that weareth the fine apparel, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man,read more.
Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but are become evil-reasoning judges.
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them who sat at table with him. Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment, of very costly spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.read more.
But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray him, faith, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and bare what was put therein. Then Jesus said, Let her alone; against the day of my burial hath she kept this. Ye have the poor always with you: but me ye have not always. Now much people of the Jews knew that he was there, and came not only for the sake of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking the bread at home, they ate their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Not forsaking the assembling ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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Social life » Guests advices to » Washing the feet of
Social life » Social functions » General references to
They therefore gathered them, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.
There they made him a supper, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them who sat at table with him.
And Levi made him a great entertainment, in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Examples of
And behold Jesus met them and said, Hail. And they came, and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
And the angel coming in to her, said, Hail, thou highly favoured; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
For the time past of your life sufficeth to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, evil desires, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.
emulations, wraths, strifes, divisions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before (as I have also told you in time past) that they who practise such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Inhospitality
But they did not receive him, because his face was, as tho' he would go to Jerusalem.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
Therefore if thy enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you:
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If ye fulfil the royal law (according to the Scripture) Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
This is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love worketh no evil to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Therefore we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour, for his good, to edification.
Social life » Hospitality » The duty of
having been the wife of one husband, Well reported of for good works, if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the feet of the saints, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
A bishop therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of good behaviour, hospitable, apt to teach;
Communicate to the necessities of the saints, pursue hospitality, Bless them who persecute you;
But a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, prudent, just, holy, temperate, Holding fast the faithful word,
Forget not to entertain strangers, for hereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in; Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Of affection
And he arose and came to his father: But while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and his bowels yearned, and he ran, and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
Social life » Guests advices to » Anointing of
Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment, of very costly spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Social life » Wedding feasts » Birthdays celebrated
But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.
Social life » Guests advices to » Not to be critical of food
And if any of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Social life » Guests advices to » Not to prolong visits
Social life » Wedding feasts » The king's son
who made a marriage-feast for his son. And sent forth his servants to call them that were invited, to the marriage; but they would not come. Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them who were invited, behold I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Let us therefore no longer judge one another; but judge this rather, not to lay a stumbling block, or a scandal before a brother.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » In the home of matthew
And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with him and his disciples.
Social life » Guests advices to » Not to seek social pre-eminence
saying to them, When thou art invited by any man to a marriage-feast, sit not down in the highest place, lest a more honourable man than thou be invited by him, And he that invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place. And then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited,
Social life » Wedding feasts » Esther's
Social life » Wedding feasts » Samson's
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A blood relationship
And he hath made of one the whole nation of men, to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation:
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of martha
And as they went, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » At emmaus
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day declines.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And looking round on them who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of one of the chief pharisees
And as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the sabbath, to eat bread, they watched him.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of simon the leper
And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very costly; and shaking the box, she poured it on his head.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of a pharisee
And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And going into the Pharisee's house, he sat down to table.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of zacchaeus
And seeing it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone to be guest with a sinner.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » At cana of galilee
Social life » Wedding feasts » At cana of galilee
And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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