Kind

Bible Study Kindness As a result of more people being impatient, having short fuses, and with everyone always being in a hurry – many people have lost the ability to treat others with kindness and respect. A kind word, a kind action to another person can really do wonders for them. When you really study the life of Jesus in the New Testament, you can really tell how kind He always was with other people in His dealings with them. Jesus is without question, the ultimate role model for all of us of someone who was fully walking and operating in all 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit. The quality of kindness will go hand in hand with the quality of love. Once the Holy Spirit starts to transmit His love up into you, the quality of kindness will follow right along with it. It will then become much easier for you to be able to be kind to others once the love of God starts to flow more into your personality. Here are some of the different definitions of what real kindness is all about: 1. Quality or state of being kind 2. The steadfast love that maintains relationships through gracious aid in times of need 3. Goodness of heart, serviceable, good, gracious, pleasant 4. Love for mankind, hospitality, acts of kindness, readiness to help, human friendship, benevolence, taking thought of others 5. Goodness in action, sweetness of disposition, gentleness in dealing with others, affability 6. The ability to act for the welfare of those taxing your patience Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 1,585 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Luke 6:35 ESV / 987 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Proverbs 11:17 ESV / 824 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Colossians 3:12 ESV / 661 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 509 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 443 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.