losing friends

²⁴A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.

¹⁸The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations. ¹⁹The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit. ²⁰Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them. ²¹The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.

¹⁸If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. ¹⁹If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you. ²⁰Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. ²¹But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³Whoever hates me, hates my Father also.

⁴Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked? ⁵An open rebuke is better than hidden love. ⁶The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

²²And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁹And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

³³Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.

¹⁷Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.

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.

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us.

⁷Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

¹⁶For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day. ¹⁷For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. ¹⁸And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal.

²⁸A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

⁸See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.