Bible verses about "companionship" | BBE

¹³ And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place. ¹⁵ And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go? ¹⁸ Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time? ¹⁹ And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people: ²⁰ And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross. ²¹ But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place; ²² And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put, ²³ And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living. ²⁴ And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see. ²⁵ And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. ²⁶ Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory? ²⁷ And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself. ²⁸ And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on; ²⁹ But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them. ³⁰ And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them. ³¹ And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view. ³² And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings? ³³ And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together. ³⁴ And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him. ³⁵ And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

¹⁵ But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

²² And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

¹ I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. ² He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit. ³ You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you. ⁴ Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing. ⁶ If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

⁴ Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

²² Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

²⁴ For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work. ¹⁰ And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper. ¹¹ So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself? ¹² And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

¹⁸ And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him