Do not criticize one another, my friends. If you criticize or judge another Christian, you criticize and judge the Law. If you judge the Law, then you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.

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

like dogs roaming about for food and growling if they do not find enough.

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.

You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly.

For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."

We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.

Open your homes to each other without complaining.

"If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.

"Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,

for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.

If you had done the right thing, you would be smiling; but because you have done evil, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to rule you, but you must overcome it."

In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

All these things happened to them as examples for others, and they were written down as a warning for us. For we live at a time when the end is about to come.

Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if any hear my voice and open the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.