1 Thessalonians 5:15 Cross References - Murdock

¹⁵ And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men.

³⁹ But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one: and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest; for he is kind to the evil, and to the unthankful.

⁹ Let not your love be guileful: but be haters of evil things, and adherers to good things.

¹⁷ And repay to no man evil for evil: but let it be your study to do good before all men. ¹⁸ And if possible, so far as it dependeth on you, live in peace with every man. ¹⁹ And be ye not avengers of yourselves, my beloved: but give place to wrath. For it is written: If thou dost not execute judgment for thyself, I will execute judgment for thee, saith God. ²⁰ And if thy adversary be hungry, feed him: and if he be thirsty, give him drink. For if thou doest these things to him, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be ye not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

¹⁹ Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another.

⁷ Now therefore ye condemn yourselves, in that ye have litigation one with another. For why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

¹ Follow after love; and be emulous of the gifts of the Spirit, and especially, that ye may prophesy.

¹⁰ And if Timothy come to you, see that he may be without fear among you; for he doeth the work of the Lord, as I do.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us practice good works towards all men, and especially towards them of the household of faith.

¹⁵ See therefore, that ye walk circumspectly; not like the simple,

³³ Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.

¹² and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow after righteousness, and rectitude, and faith, and love, and patience, and humility.

²⁴ And a servant of our Lord ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient;

² and that they speak ill of no man; that they be not contentious, but mild; and that in every thing they manifest benignity towards all men.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with every man; and after holiness, without which a man will not see our Lord.

²² while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

¹⁷ Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings.

²² He did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth. ²³ When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness.

⁹ And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

¹¹ let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow after it. ¹² Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears ready to hear them: but the face of the Lord is against the wicked. ¹³ And who will do you harm, if ye are zealous of good works?

¹¹ Our beloved, be not a follower of what is evil, but of what is good. He that doeth good, is of God; but he that doeth evil, hath not seen God.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet, to worship him. And he said to me, See, thou do it not; I am thy fellow-servant, and of those thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship ye God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

⁹ And he said to me: See, thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them that observe the words of this book. Worship God.