14 Do all things (A)without grumbling or (B)disputing,

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(A)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

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Do nothing from (A)selfish ambition or (B)conceit, but in (C)humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (A)so that you may not be judged; behold, (B)the Judge is standing (C)at the door.

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31 (A)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 (B)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (C)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

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18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (A)live peaceably with all.

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and in the morning you shall see the (A)glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For (B)what are we, that you grumble against us?” And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—(C)what are we? Your grumbling is not (D)against us but against the Lord.”

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26 (A)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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17 (A)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than (B)a fattened ox and hatred with it.
18 (C)A hot-tempered man (D)stirs up strife,
    but he who is (E)slow to anger quiets contention.

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15 See that (A)no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always (B)seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

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15 But if you (A)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

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14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (B)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (C)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But (D)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (E)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (F)full of mercy and good fruits, (G)impartial and (H)sincere. 18 And (I)a harvest of righteousness (J)is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Warning Against Worldliness

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (K)at war within you?[b]

Footnotes

  1. James 4:1 Greek pleasures; also verse 3
  2. James 4:1 Greek in your members

20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

14 As for (A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

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25 They (A)murmured in their tents,
    and did not obey the voice of the Lord.

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16 These are grumblers, malcontents, (A)following their own sinful desires; (B)they are loud-mouthed boasters, (C)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

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11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
    let him seek peace and pursue it.

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14 (A)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (B)holiness (C)without which no one will see the Lord.

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If anyone (A)teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with (B)the sound[a] words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching (C)that accords with godliness, (D)he is puffed up with conceit and (E)understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for (F)controversy and for (G)quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people (H)who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, (I)imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:3 Or healthy

Final Instructions and Greetings

17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles (A)contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; (B)avoid them.

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And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and (A)debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and (B)some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to (C)the apostles and the elders about this question.

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Seven Chosen to Serve

Now in these days (A)when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists[a] arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in (B)the daily distribution.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 6:1 That is, Greek-speaking Jews

13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. (A)Be at peace among yourselves.

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for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (A)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? For (B)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (C)are you not being merely human?

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (D)Servants through whom you believed, (E)as the Lord assigned to each.

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