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 Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
13 Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
15 No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
12 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
10 Be tender to your brethren, and love one another, being forward to honour one another.
11 For I greatly desire to see you, and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit,12 that thereby you may be established, and that together we may be comforted by your faith and mine.
7 my beloved, let us love one another, because love is of Aloha; and every one who loveth from Aloha is born, and knoweth Aloha.
11 MY beloved, if Aloha so hath loved us, we also are indebted to love one another.12 Aloha no man hath seen but if we love one another, Aloha in us abideth, and his love is fulfilled in us.
21 And this commandment we have received from him, That every one who loveth Aloha shall love also his brother.
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
23 and the scripture was accomplished which said, that Abraham believed in Aloha, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness, and the friend of Aloha he was called.
4 Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is enmity with Aloha? He, therefore, who willeth to be the friend of this world, hath become the enemy of Aloha.
Companheirismo
Dois são melhores do que um. Quão bom e suave é que os irmãos vivam em união! A amizade fortalece e edifica.
19 and honour thy father and thy mother, and love thy neighbour as thyself.
33 Mistake not; for Evil narrations corrupt well-disposed minds.
33 Mistake not; for Evil narrations corrupt well-disposed minds.