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.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
13 The strongest love anyone can have is this. He will die to save his friends.
13 The strongest love anyone can have is this. He will die to save his friends.
15 I do not call you servants anymore, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends because you know everything that my Father has told me.
12 I am telling you to love each other as I have loved you.
10 Love one another very much, like brothers. Honour other people more than you honour yourself.
11 I want very much to see you. I want to give you some gift from the Holy Spirit to make you stronger.12 I mean to say that we will both be helped. I will be helped because you believe, and you will be helped because I believe.
7 My dear brothers, we must love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves others is Gods child and he knows God.
11 My dear brothers, if God loved us so much, we must love one another also.12 No man has ever seen God. But God lives in us if we love one another. And in loving one another, his love is made perfect.
21 God gave us this law. The person who loves God must love his brother also.
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
23 The words of the holy writings came true. They say, Abraham believed God. And he was called a good man because of it. In another place he was called Gods friend.
4 You people promised God you would be true to him, but you did not stay true! Do you not know that if you love the world you hate God? Anyone who wants to be a lover of the world makes 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.
19 Respect your father and your mother. Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
33 Do not be fooled. If good people keep company with bad people, the good people will become bad too.
33 Do not be fooled. If good people keep company with bad people, the good people will become bad too.