Rm15:1We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches [insults] of those who reproached you fell on me." 4For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5May the God of [who gives] endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony [unity] with one another, in accord with [as you follow] Christ Jesus, 6that together you may with one [heart and] voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7Therefore welcome [accept] one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of [to bring praise to] God. - ESV
1Jhn2:1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But
if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus
Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,
and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4The
man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a
liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word,
God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6Whoever
claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. ..... 9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in
the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and
there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his
brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know
where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. - NIV
1Jhn2:14I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God abides [lives] in
you,
and you have overcome the evil one. - ESV
Also see: God Stabilizes Us
Challenge: True Life