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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all offenses.(A)

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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.(A)

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Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)

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Above all, love each other deeply,(A) because love covers over a multitude of sins.(B)

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One who forgives an affront fosters friendship,
    but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.(A)

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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)

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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
    but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)

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18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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20 you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s[a] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.(A)

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  1. 5.20 Gk his

20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(A) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(B)

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Friendship with the World

Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you?

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Submit Yourselves to God

What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you?

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Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant(A) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;(B) it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.(C) It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.(D)

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Love is patient,(A) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(B) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(C) it is not easily angered,(D) it keeps no record of wrongs.(E) Love does not delight in evil(F) but rejoices with the truth.(G) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(H)

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25 The greedy person stirs up strife,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.(A)

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25 The greedy stir up conflict,(A)
    but those who trust in the Lord(B) will prosper.

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27 Scoundrels concoct evil,
    and their speech is like a scorching fire.(A)

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27 A scoundrel(A) plots evil,
    and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.(B)

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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
    and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)

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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

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