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.
Some friends don’t help,
but a true friend is closer
than your own family.
Some friends don’t help,
but a true friend is closer
than your own family.
A friend is there to help,
in any situation,
and relatives are born
to share our troubles.
A friend is there to help,
in any situation,
and relatives are born
to share our troubles.
You will keep your friends
if you forgive them,
but you will lose your friends
if you keep talking about
what they did wrong.
Just as iron sharpens iron,
friends sharpen the minds
of each other.
Just as iron sharpens iron,
friends sharpen the minds
of each other.
The sweet smell of incense
can make you feel good,
but true friendship
is better still.
The sweet smell of incense
can make you feel good,
but true friendship
is better still.
Don’t desert an old friend
of your family
or visit your relatives
when you are in trouble.
A friend nearby is better
than relatives far away.
Don’t desert an old friend
of your family
or visit your relatives
when you are in trouble.
A friend nearby is better
than relatives far away.
A truly good friend
will openly correct you.
You can trust a friend
who corrects you,
but kisses from an enemy
are nothing but lies.
Wise friends make you wise,
but you hurt yourself
by going around with fools.
Gossip is no good!
It causes hard feelings
and comes between friends.
Don’t make friends with anyone
who has a bad temper.
You might turn out like them
and get caught in a trap.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them.
The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them.
Servants don’t know what their master is doing, and so I don’t speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I have told you everything my Father has told me.
Now I tell you to love each other, as I have loved you.
Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself.
I want to see you and share with you the same blessings that God’s Spirit has given me. Then you will grow stronger in your faith. What I am saying is that we can encourage each other by the faith that is ours.
My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God’s children, and we know him.
Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we must love each other.
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.
The commandment that God has given us is: "Love God and love each other!"
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
David and Saul finished talking, and soon David and Jonathan became best friends. Jonathan thought as much of David as he did of himself. From that time on, Saul kept David in his service and would not let David go back to his own family.
Jonathan liked David so much that they promised to always be loyal friends.
Jonathan liked David so much that they promised to always be loyal friends.
One day, David thought, "I wonder if any of Saul’s family are still alive. If they are, I will be kind to them, because I made a promise to Jonathan."
Ruth answered,
"Please don’t tell me
to leave you
and return home!
I will go where you go,
I will live where you live;
your people will be my people,
your God will be my God.
I will die where you die
and be buried beside you.
May the Lord punish me
if we are ever separated,
even by death!"
This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, "Abraham had faith in God, and God accepted him." That’s how Abraham became God’s friend.
My friends, I am desperate,
and you should help me,
even if I no longer respect
God All-Powerful.
*
You people aren’t faithful to God! Don’t you know if you love the world, you are God’s enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself 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.
You are better having a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn. If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble.
If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble.
Someone might be able to beat up one of you, but not both of you. As the saying goes, "A rope made from three strands of cord is hard to break."
You are better having a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn.
It is truly wonderful
when the people of God
live together in peace.
It is truly wonderful
when the people of God
live together in peace.
It is as beautiful as olive oil
poured on Aaron’s head
and running down his beard
and the collar of his robe.
It is like the dew
from Mount Hermon,
falling on Zion’s mountains,
where the Lord has promised
to bless his people
with life forevermore.
You find families
for those who are lonely.
You set prisoners free
and let them prosper,
but all who rebel will live
in a scorching desert.
Respect your father and mother. And love others as much as you love yourself."
Don’t fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.
Don’t fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.