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 friendly to fellowship shall more be a friend, than a brother.
He that is a friend, loveth in all time; and a brother is proved in anguishes.
The heart delighteth in ointment, and diverse odours; and a soul is made sweet by the good counsels of a friend.
Iron is whetted by iron; and a man whetteth the face of his friend.
Better is open reproving, than a love hid. [Better is open amending, than hid love.]
Better be the wounds of him that loveth, than the guileful kisses of him that hateth.
Forsake thou not thy friend, and the friend of thy father; and enter thou not into the house of thy brother, in the day of thy torment. Better is a neighbour nigh, than a brother afar.
He that goeth with wise men, shall be wise; the friend of fools shall be made like them.
Do not thou be friend to a wrathful man, neither go thou with a wrathful man;
lest peradventure thou learn his ways, and take cause of stumbling to thy soul.
Many men be called merciful; but who shall find a faithful man?
Riches increase full many friends; forsooth also they be departed from a poor man, which he had.
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.
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
Ye be my friends if ye do those things, that I command to you.
Now I shall not call you servants, for the servant knoweth not, what his lord shall do; but I have called you friends, for all things whatever I heard of my Father, I have made known to you.
This is my commandment, that ye love together, as I have loved you.
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
Ye most dear brethren, if God loved us, we owe to love each other.
No man saw ever God; if we love together, God dwelleth in us, and the charity of him is perfect in us.
In this thing we have known the charity of God, for he put his life for us, and we owe to put our lives for our brethren.
He that hath the chattel [or the substance] of this world, and seeth that his brother hath need, and closeth his entrails from him, how dwelleth the charity of God in him?
My little sons, love we not in word, neither in tongue, but in work and truth.
And the scripture was [ful] filled, saying, Abraham believed to God, and it was areckoned to him to rightwiseness, and he was called the friend of God.
loving together the charity of brotherhood. Each come before to worship other [or Coming before together in honour];
Companheiros de fé
Dois são melhores do que um. Os companheiros de fé se fortalecem mutuamente e caminham juntos com o Senhor.
Therefore it is better, that two be together than one; for they have profit of their fellowship.
If one falleth down, he shall be underset of the tother; woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to raise him up.
The song of degrees. Lo! how good and how merry it is; that brethren dwell together.
As ointment in the head; that goeth down into the beard, into the beard of Aaron. That goeth down into the collar of his cloth;
as the dew of Hermon, that goeth down into the hill of Zion. For there the Lord sent blessing; and life till into the world, that is, without end.
I am partner of all that dread thee; and keep thy behests.
And Jonathan and David made a bond of peace; for Jonathan loved David as his own soul;
Do not ye be deceived; for evil speeches, [or false doctrine], destroy good conduct [or corrupt good virtues].