Bible verses about "companionship" | Noyes

¹³ And lo! two of them were going the same day to a village called Emmaus, distant a hundred and sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing together about all those things which had taken place. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, while they were conversing and reasoning, that Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were restrained from knowing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, What discourse is this which ye have one with another, as ye are walking? And they stood sad. ¹⁸ And one, whose name was Cleopas, answering said to him, Art thou the only sojourner in Jerusalem that doth not know the things which have come to pass there in these days? ¹⁹ And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things relating to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in word and deed before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹ But we are hoping that it is he who is to redeem Israel; moreover, besides all this, it is the third day since these things were done. ²² And furthermore certain women of our company have amazed us; for going early to the tomb, ²³ they did not find his body, and came, saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. ²⁴ And some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it to be as the women had said; but him they saw not. ²⁵ And he said to them, O dull of apprehension, and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things, and enter into his glory? ²⁷ And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. ²⁸ And they drew near to the village whither they were going; and he made as though he would go further. ²⁹ But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it came to pass, as he was at table with them, that he took the bread, and blessed it, and broke and gave it to them. ³¹ And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. ³² And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the way, while he opened to us the Scriptures? ³³ And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴ saying, The Lord hath risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. ³⁵ And they told what had happened on the way, and how he became known to them in the breaking of the bread.

¹⁵ But if the unbelieving separateth himself, let him separate himself; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God hath called you to be in peace.

²² Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart, fervently;

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ² Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit. ³ Ye are clean already, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit; for apart from me ye can do nothing. ⁶ If any one abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burned.

⁴ Let marriage be honored in all respects, and the bed be undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.