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24A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother.
13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
5An open rebuke is better than hidden love. 6The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.
28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you. 15I will no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything whatsoever that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you. 16You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you. 17This I command you: that you love one another.
17Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. 18Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified. 19In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent. 20Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable. 21In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge. 22Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.
1Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
6Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
7So then, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
14Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.