Bible verses about "drama" | Twentieth_Century

²² Flee from the passions of youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in the company of those who, with a pure heart, invoke the Lord. ²³ Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels; ²⁴ and a Servant of the Lord should never quarrel. He ought, on the contrary, to be courteous to every one, a skillful teacher, and forbearing. ²⁵ He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth, ²⁶ and they may yet come to a sober mind, and escape from the snares of the Devil, when captured by the Lord's Servant to do the will of God.

¹¹ Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you; ¹² So that your conduct may win respect from those outside the Church, and that you may not want for anything.

¹⁶ Only we are bound to order our lives by what we have already attained.

¹ Remind your hearers to respect and obey the Powers that be, to be ready for every kind of good work, to speak ill of no one, to avoid quarreling, ² to be forbearing, and under all circumstances to show a gentle spirit in dealing with others, whoever they may be. ³ There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.

¹⁶ This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature. ¹⁷ For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish.

¹⁵ But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.