apologizing to one another
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32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
13Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
5Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.
4And forgive us our sins, since we also forgive all who are indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
23Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.
14For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses. 15But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.
3Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him. 4And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
19And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another.
18If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men.
25But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself will become desolate. And every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
12Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.
7Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
15But sanctify Christ the Lord in your hearts, being always ready to give an explanation to all who ask you the reason for that hope which is in you.
28The mind of the just meditates on obedience. The mouth of the impious overflows with evils.
1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.
3Do you not know that those of us who have been baptized in Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
3Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.