Amizade
A amizade é um dos dons mais preciosos da vida. A Bíblia celebra amizades profundas — Davi e Jônatas, Rute e Noemi, Paulo e Timóteo — modelos de lealdade, fé e amor.
Valor da amizade
Há amigo mais chegado do que um irmão. Em todo tempo ama o amigo. A amizade verdadeira permanece nas tempestades.
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but he who brings it up separates friends.
As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.
As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house
in the day of your calamity;
better a neighbor nearby
than a brother far away.
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house
in the day of your calamity;
better a neighbor nearby
than a brother far away.
Better an open rebuke
than love that is concealed.
The wounds of a friend are faithful,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
He who walks with the wise will become wise,
but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
A perverse man spreads dissension,
and a gossip divides close friends.
Do not make friends with an angry man,
and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
or you may learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Then David asked, "Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?"
But Ruth replied:
"Do not urge me to leave you
or to turn from following you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
Where you die, I will die,
and there I will be buried.
May the LORD punish me,
and ever so severely,
if anything but death
separates you and me."
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called a friend of God.
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend,
even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
Companheirismo
Dois são melhores do que um. Quão bom e suave é que os irmãos vivam em união! A amizade fortalece e edifica.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
A song of ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
A song of ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
over the collar of his robes.
It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing
of life forevermore.
God settles the lonely in families;
He leads the prisoners out to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’"
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good character."
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good character."