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Romans 15:1
We who have strong faith should help the weak with their problems. We should not please only ourselves.
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2 Timothy 2 25
They must gently teach those who are against them. Maybe God will give a change of heart to those who are against you. That will lead them to know the truth.
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2 Thessalonians 3 15
But don’t think of them as an enemy. Instead, warn them as you would warn another believer.
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James 5:19-20
My brothers and sisters, suppose one of you wanders away from the truth. And suppose someone brings that person back.Then here is what I want you to remember. Anyone who keeps a sinner from going astray will save them from death. God will erase many sins by forgiving them.
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1John 5:16
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Jude 1:22-23
Show mercy to those who doubt.Save others by pulling them out of the fire. To others, show mercy mixed with fear of sin. Hate even the clothes that are stained by the sins of those who wear them.
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Hebrews 12:13
“ Make level paths for your feet to walk on.”( Proverbs 4:26) Then those who have trouble walking won’t be disabled. Instead, they will be healed.
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1 Peter 3 15
But make sure that in your hearts you honor Christ as Lord. Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks you about the hope you have. Be ready to give the reason for it. But do it gently and with respect.
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Romans 14:1
Accept the person whose faith is weak. Don’t argue with them where you have differences of opinion.
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2 Corinthians 2 7
Now you should forgive him and comfort him. Then he won’t be sad more than he can stand.
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2 Corinthians 10 1
Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.
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Ezekiel 34:16
“ I will search for the lost. I will bring back those who have wandered away. I will bandage the ones who are hurt. I will make the weak ones stronger. But I will destroy those who are fat and strong. I will take good care of my sheep. I will treat them fairly.”
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1 Corinthians 10 12
So be careful. When you think you are standing firm, you might fall.
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1 Corinthians 4 21
Which do you want? Should I come to you to correct and punish you? Or should I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
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Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen the hands of those who are weak. Help those whose knees give way.Say to those whose hearts are afraid,“ Be strong and do not fear. Your God will come. He will pay your enemies back. He will come to save you.”
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Matthew 18:12-15
“ What do you think? Suppose a man owns 100 sheep and one of them wanders away. Won’t he leave the 99 sheep on the hills? Won’t he go and look for the one that wandered off?What I’m about to tell you is true. If he finds that sheep, he is happier about the one than about the 99 that didn’t wander off.It is the same with your Father in heaven. He does not want any of these little ones to die.“ If your brother or sister sins against you, go to them. Tell them what they did wrong. Keep it between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them back.
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James 3:2
All of us get tripped up in many ways. Suppose someone is never wrong in what they say. Then they are perfect. They are able to keep their whole body under control.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means,‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’( Hosea 6:6) I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”
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Job 4:3-4
Look, you taught many people. You made weak hands strong.Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.
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1 Corinthians 7 5
You shouldn’t stop giving yourselves to each other. You might possibly do this when you both agree to it. And you should only agree to it to give yourselves time to pray. Then you should come together again. In that way, Satan will not tempt you when you can’t control yourselves.
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1 Corinthians 2 15
The person who has the Spirit can judge all things. But no human being can judge those who have the Spirit. It is written,
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Luke 15:22-32
“ But the father said to his servants,‘ Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Bring the fattest calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.This son of mine was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ So they began to celebrate.“ The older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.So he called one of the servants. He asked him what was going on.‘ Your brother has come home,’ the servant replied.‘ Your father has killed the fattest calf. He has done this because your brother is back safe and sound.’“ The older brother became angry. He refused to go in. So his father went out and begged him.But he answered his father,‘ Look! All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I have always obeyed your orders. You never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.But this son of yours wasted your money with some prostitutes. Now he comes home. And for him you kill the fattest calf!’“‘ My son,’ the father said,‘ you are always with me. Everything I have is yours.But we had to celebrate and be glad. This brother of yours was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.’ ”
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2 Samuel 11 2-2 Samuel 12 15
One evening David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.David sent a messenger to find out who she was. The messenger returned and said,“ She is Bathsheba. She’s the daughter of Eliam. She’s the wife of Uriah. He’s a Hittite.”Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him. And he slept with her. Then she went back home. All of that took place after she had already made herself“ clean” from her monthly period.Later, Bathsheba found out she was pregnant. She sent a message to David. She said,“ I’m pregnant.”So David sent a message to Joab. David said,“ Send me Uriah, the Hittite.” Joab sent him to David.Uriah came to David. David asked him how Joab and the soldiers were doing. He also asked him how the war was going.David said to Uriah,“ Go home and enjoy some time with your wife.” So Uriah left the palace. Then the king sent him a gift.But Uriah didn’t go home. Instead, he slept at the entrance to the palace. He stayed there with all his master’s servants.David was told,“ Uriah didn’t go home.” So he sent for Uriah. David said to him,“ You have been away for a long time. Why didn’t you go home?”Uriah said to David,“ The ark and the army of Israel and Judah are out there in tents. My commander Joab and your special troops are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink? How could I go there and sleep with my wife? I could never do a thing like that. And that’s just as sure as you are alive!”Then David said to him,“ Stay here one more day. Tomorrow I’ll send you back to the battle.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him. David got him drunk. But Uriah still didn’t go home. In the evening he went out and slept on his mat. He stayed there among his master’s servants.The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab. He sent it along with Uriah.In it he wrote,“ Put Uriah out in front. That’s where the fighting is the heaviest. Then pull your men back from him. When you do, the Ammonites will strike him down and kill him.”So Joab attacked the city. He put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest enemy fighters were.The troops came out of the city. They fought against Joab. Some of the men in David’s army were killed. Uriah, the Hittite, also died.Joab sent David a full report of the battle.He told the messenger,“ Tell the king everything that happened in the battle. When you are finished,his anger might explode. He might ask you,‘ Why did you go so close to the city to fight against it? Didn’t you know that the enemy soldiers would shoot arrows down from the wall?Don’t you remember how Abimelek, the son of Jerub- Besheth, was killed? A woman dropped a large millstone on him from the wall. That’s how he died in Thebez. So why did you go so close to the wall?’ If the king asks you that, tell him,‘ And your servant Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead.’ ”The messenger started out for Jerusalem. When he arrived there, he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.The messenger said to David,“ The men in the city were more powerful than we were. They came out to fight against us in the open. But we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.Then those who were armed with bows shot arrows at us from the wall. Some of your special troops were killed. Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, is also dead.”David told the messenger,“ Tell Joab,‘ Don’t get upset over what happened. Swords kill one person as well as another. So keep on attacking the city. Destroy it.’ Tell that to Joab. It will cheer him up.”Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead. She mourned over him.When her time of sadness was over, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife. And she had a son by him. But the Lord wasn’t pleased with what David had done.The Lord sent the prophet Nathan to David. When Nathan came to him, he said,“ Two men lived in the same town. One was rich. The other was poor.The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle.But all the poor man had was one little female lamb. He had bought it. He raised it. It grew up with him and his children. It shared his food. It drank from his cup. It even slept in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.“ One day a traveler came to the rich man. The rich man wanted to prepare a meal for him. But he didn’t want to kill one of his own sheep or cattle. Instead, he took the little female lamb that belonged to the poor man. Then the rich man cooked it for the traveler who had come to him.”David was very angry with the rich man. He said to Nathan,“ The man who did this must die! And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.The man must pay back four times as much as that lamb was worth. How could he do such a thing? And he wasn’t even sorry he had done it.”Then Nathan said to David,“ You are the man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says,‘ I anointed you king over Israel. I saved you from Saul.I gave you everything that belonged to your master Saul. I even put his wives into your arms. I made you king over all the people of Israel and Judah. And if all of that had not been enough for you, I would have given you even more.Why did you turn your back on what I told you to do? You did what is evil in my sight. You made sure that Uriah, the Hittite, would be killed in battle. You took his wife to be your own. You let the men of Ammon kill him with their swords.So time after time members of your own royal house will be killed with swords. That’s because you turned your back on me. You took the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be your own.’“ The Lord also says,‘ I am going to bring trouble on you. It will come from your own family. I will take your wives away. Your own eyes will see it. I will give your wives to a man who is close to you. He will sleep with them in the middle of the day.You committed your sins in secret. But I will make sure that the man commits his sin in the middle of the day. Everyone in Israel will see it.’ ”Then David said to Nathan,“ I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied,“ The Lord has taken away your sin. You aren’t going to die.But you have dared to show great disrespect for the Lord. So the son who has been born to you will die.”Nathan went home. Then the Lord made David’s child very sick. That was the child David had by Uriah’s wife.
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1 Corinthians 14 37
Suppose anyone thinks they are a prophet. Or suppose they think they have other gifts given by the Holy Spirit. They should agree that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.
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Romans 8:6
The thoughts of a person ruled by sin bring death. But the mind ruled by the Spirit brings life and peace.
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Galatians 2:11-13
When Peter came to Antioch, I told him to his face that I was against what he was doing. He was clearly wrong.He used to eat with the Gentiles. But certain men came from a group sent by James. When they arrived, Peter began to draw back. He separated himself from the Gentiles. That’s because he was afraid of the circumcision group sent by James.Peter’s actions were not honest, and other Jews in Antioch joined him. Even Barnabas was led astray.
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Luke 15:4-7
He said,“ Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Won’t he leave the 99 in the open country? Won’t he go and look for the one lost sheep until he finds it?When he finds it, he will joyfully put it on his shouldersand go home. Then he will call his friends and neighbors together. He will say,‘ Be joyful with me. I have found my lost sheep.’I tell you, it will be the same in heaven. There will be great joy when one sinner turns away from sin. Yes, there will be more joy than for 99 godly people who do not need to turn away from their sins.
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Galatians 5:23
and gentle and having control of oneself. There is no law against things of that kind.
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Matthew 11:29
Become my servants and learn from me. I am gentle and free of pride. You will find rest for your souls.
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James 3:13
Is anyone among you wise and understanding? That person should show it by living a good life. A wise person isn’t proud when they do good deeds.
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Hebrews 13:3
Keep on remembering those in prison. Do this as if you were together with them in prison. And remember those who are treated badly as if you yourselves were suffering.
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Genesis 12:11-13
As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said,“ I know what a beautiful woman you are.The people of Egypt will see you and say,‘ This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me. But they will let you live.Tell them you are my sister. Then I’ll be treated well and my life will be spared because of you.”
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Numbers 20:10-13
He and Aaron gathered the people together in front of the rock. Moses said to them,“ Listen, you who refuse to obey! Do we have to bring water out of this rock for you?”Then Moses raised his arm. He hit the rock twice with his walking stick. Water poured out. And the people and their livestock drank it.But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,“ You did not trust in me enough to honor me. You did not honor me as the holy God in front of the Israelites. So you will not bring this community into the land I am giving them.”Those were the waters of Meribah. That’s where the Israelites argued with the Lord. And that’s where he was proven to be holy among them.
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Genesis 9:20-24
Noah was a man who farmed the land. He decided to plant a field that produced grapes for making wine.When he drank some of the wine, it made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.Ham saw his father naked. Then Ham, the father of Canaan, went outside and told his two brothers.But Shem and Japheth picked up a piece of clothing and laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked backward into the tent. They covered their father’s body. They turned their faces away because they didn’t want to see their father naked.Then Noah woke up from his sleep that was caused by the wine. He found out what his youngest son had done to him.
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Matthew 26:75
Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said.“ The rooster will crow,” Jesus had told him.“ Before it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Peter went outside. He broke down and cried.
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1 Corinthians 3 1
Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t speak to you as people who live by the Holy Spirit. I had to speak to you as people who were still following the ways of the world. You aren’t growing as Christ wants you to. You are still like babies.
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Matthew 26:69
Peter was sitting out in the courtyard. A female servant came to him.“ You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
