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Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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Life by the Spirit
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
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Instructions for Christian Households
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
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Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
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Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
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Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
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At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
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But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
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No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
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not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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Concluding Exhortations
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
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Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
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Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
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Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.
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Suffering for Doing Good
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
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Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
