4 Bible Verses about Social Life
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My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord of glory, Jesus Christ, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, and ye have respect to him that weareth the splendid apparel, and say, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool,read more.
have ye not been partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. They made therefore a supper for him there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined at the table with him. Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.read more.
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he who was about to betray him, saith, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor? And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein. Then said Jesus, Let her alone, that she may keep it until the day of my burial. For the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always. The great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there; and they came, not only on account of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.
And attending daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread in a private house, they partook of their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom 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
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barleyloaves, which remained over and above to those that had eaten.
They made therefore a supper for him there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined at the table with him.
And Levi made a great feast for him at his house, and there was a great company of publicans and others, who were reclining at table with them.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Examples of
And lo! Jesus met them, saying, All hail! And they went up, and laid hold of his feet, and knelt down before him.
And the angel came in to her and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored! the Lord is with thee.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
For sufficient is the time past to have wrought the will of the gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, carousings, and abominable idolatries;
envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I 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
And they did not receive him, because his face was as if he were going 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 wilt heap coals of fire on his head."
But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
If indeed ye fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," ye do well.
The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love worketh no ill to ones neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.
We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification.
Social life » Hospitality » The duty of
well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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 went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Salute each other with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.
Social life » Guests advices to » Anointing of
Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Social life » Wedding feasts » Birthdays celebrated
But when Herods birthday 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 one who is an unbeliever inviteth you to a feast, and ye choose to go, eat whatever is set before you, without asking any questions for the sake of conscience.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Demands self-sacrifice
Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?
Social life » Guests advices to » Not to prolong visits
Social life » Wedding feasts » The king's son
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriagefeast for his son, and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come. Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the feast.
Social life » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Forbids harsh judgment
Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumblingblock, or an occasion to fall, in a brothers way.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » In the home of matthew
And it came to pass, as he was reclining at table in the house, lo! many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.
Social life » Guests advices to » Not to seek social pre-eminence
When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not take the highest place, lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him; and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou wilt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
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 made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed appointed times, and the bounds of their habitation;
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of martha
And it came to pass, as they journeyed, that 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 towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to stay with them.
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A spiritual kinship
And looking round on those who sat about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brothers.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of one of the chief pharisees
And it came to pass, when he had come into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees on the sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of simon the leper
And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, 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 he went into the Pharisees house, and reclined at the table.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Of zacchaeus
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He hath gone in to be the guest of a sinner.
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » At cana of galilee
Social life » Wedding feasts » At cana of galilee
And on the third day there was a marriagefeast in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.
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