Amigo
O amigo verdadeiro é dádiva rara de Deus. Ele ama em todo tempo, fala a verdade em amor, aconselha com sabedoria e permanece fiel nas adversidades da vida.
Amizade verdadeira
Há amigo mais chegado que um irmão. Em todo tempo ama o amigo. O perfume e o incenso alegram o coração — assim o conselho doce do amigo.
A man whohas friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend givesdelight by hearty counsel.
As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy aredeceitful.
Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.
Jesus, o amigo
Já não vos chamo servos, mas amigos. O maior amor é dar a vida pelo amigo. Jesus é o amigo que nunca falha.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
The Outworking of Love
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God.
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
Companheiros de fé
Dois são melhores do que um. Os companheiros de fé se fortalecem mutuamente e caminham juntos com o Senhor.
The Value of a Friend
Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
But woe to him whois alone when he falls,
For hehas no one to help him up.
Blessed Unity of the People of God
Behold, how good and how pleasant itis
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Itis like the precious oil upon the head,
Running down on the beard,
The beard of Aaron,
Running down on the edge of his garments.
Itis like the dew of Hermon,
Descending upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the Lord commanded the blessing—
Life forevermore.
I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."