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.
There are some people who only pretend to be friends with us,
but there are some friends who are more loyal than members of our families.
Friends love others all the time,
and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good,
but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.
We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;
similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.
It is better to correct someone openly
than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.
If a friend criticizes you, he is a good friend and you can trust him;
but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is probably wanting to deceive you.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends;
and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help;
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise;
those who ◄are close friends of/associate with► foolish people will ◄regret it/be ruined►.
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Do not become friends with those who often become angry,
and do not associate with those who cannot control their temper/anger,
because you might start to act like they do
and not be able to stop doing that.
Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they say that they will do,
but it is very difficult to find [RHQ] someone who can really be trusted.
Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends,
but when people become poor, their friends often desert them.
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.
The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that. You show that you are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you. I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know why their masters want them to do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, acting like a friend, have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.
What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you. The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.
Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!
In order to be assured that we are conducting our lives according to God’s character, we must love God and our fellow believers, because God loved us first.
No one has ever seen God. Nevertheless, if we love each other, it is evident that God lives within us and that we love others just like he intends/wants us to do.
The way that we now know how to truly love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ ◄voluntarily died/gave his life► for us. So, when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to die for them. Many of us have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and if we refuse to ◄provide for them/give to them what they need►, it is clear that we do not love God as we claim/say that we do. I say to all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that we love our fellow believers! Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things to help them!
And so it happened as it is written in the Scriptures: "Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered by God to be {God considered that he was} righteous." And God also said about Abraham, "He is my friend."
Love one another as members of the same family do; and, you should be ◄the first ones/eager► to honor each other!
Companheiros de fé
Dois são melhores do que um. Os companheiros de fé se fortalecem mutuamente e caminham juntos com o Senhor.
Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time.
If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.
If you fall down, he can help you get up again.
But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you,
because there will be no one to help you stand up.
A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship
It is very good and very pleasant
for God’s people to gather together harmoniously.
It is as delightful as the precious/expensive ◄olive oil/perfume►
that runs down from the Supreme Priest Aaron’s head onto his beard when he is anointed
and runs down onto the collar of his robes.
Gathering together harmoniously is as delightful as the dew that falls on Hermon Mountain
and the dew that falls on the hills near Zion Hill.
Yahweh has promised to bless his people there in Jerusalem
by giving them everlasting (OR, a long-lasting) life.
I am a friend of all those who revere you,
those who obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends.
Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►.