disagreements

^4:31Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice. ^4:32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

^5:1Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. ^5:2And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.

¹How is it that anyone of you, having a dispute against another, would dare to be judged before the iniquitous, and not before the saints? ²Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters? ³Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this age? ⁴Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things! ⁵But I am speaking so as to shame you. Is there no one among you wise enough, so that he might be able to judge between his brothers? ⁶Instead, brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful!

³Will two walk together, unless they have agreed to do so?

¹And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called: ²with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. ³Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace.

⁷Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead?

¹³But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.

³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”

⁹Thus, the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trials, and how to reserve the iniquitous for torments on the day of judgment;

¹³Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

¹²This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

³⁹And there occurred a dissension, to such an extent that they departed from one another. And Barnabas, indeed taking Mark, sailed to Cyprus.

¹⁶Amen, amen, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.

²³I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.

¹⁹For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you.