January 5, 2020 AM
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Let love of the brethren continue.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,
but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,
Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.
Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”
not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.