He sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way."

If Timothy comes your way, be sure to make him feel welcome among you, because he is working for the Lord, just as I am.

So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people.

But it also applies to you: every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect her husband.

Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart.

I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with other believers, all those who hold to the truth that Jesus revealed. Worship God!" For the truth that Jesus revealed is what inspires the prophets.

But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!"

"If you happen to see your enemy's cow or donkey running loose, take it back to him.

If his donkey has fallen under its load, help him get the donkey to its feet again; don't just walk off.

Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the LORD.

You know the old saying, 'Evil is done only by evil people.' And so I will not harm you.

(SEE 7:3)

If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.

Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the LORD and he will make it right.

Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble.

Don't say, "I'll do to them just what they did to me! I'll get even with them!"

If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.

But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.

But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil.

No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."

Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.

The very fact that you have legal disputes among yourselves shows that you have failed completely. Would it not be better for you to be wronged? Would it not be better for you to be robbed?

He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.

Always be fair and just, so that you will occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you and so that you will continue to live there.

Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.

So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another.

It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message.

But you, man of God, avoid all these things. Strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

You must turn away from evil and do good; you must strive for peace with all your heart.

Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?

My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.

If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.

Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.

So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.

As the Lord's servant, you must not quarrel. You must be kind toward all, a good and patient teacher,

Tell them not to speak evil of anyone, but to be peaceful and friendly, and always to show a gentle attitude toward everyone.

Respect everyone, love other believers, honor God, and respect the Emperor.