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For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 

Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." (NIV) 

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15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

(go directly to the brother or sister who has offended you and talk it out. do not gossip) 

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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

(we do need to mix with the right company. mixing with the wrong company who will influence us negatively might affect the choices that we make in our life, our family and our walk with God.) 

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And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. 

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: [verse 25]Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

changed on Friday, December 24, 1999 11:54:58 PM

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.