Rm12:9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
10Be
devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11Never
be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13Share
with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15Rejoice
with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony
with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of
low position. Do not be
conceited. 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right
in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends
on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my
friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to
avenge; I will repay,"
says the Lord. 20On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something
to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." (Pro25:21-22)
21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. - NIV
1Jhn4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to
see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the
world. 2By this you know [can
recognize] the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses [acknowledges] that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and
every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of
the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
4Little children,
you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he
who is in the world. 5They
are from the world; therefore they speak from the [viewpoint of the] world, and
the world listens to them. 6We are
from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not
listen to us. By this we know [can recognize] the Spirit of truth and the spirit
of error [falsehood]. - ESV
1Jhn5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and
everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2This is how
we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his
commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his
commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the
world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5Who
is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of
God. ..... 11And this is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who
has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13I
write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you
may know that you have eternal life. 14This is
the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to
his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he
hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him. .....
18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who
was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19We
know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control
of the evil one. 20We know also that the Son of God has come and has
given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him
who is true--even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. - NIV
Also see: Overcoming Satan and Demons
Challenge: True Life