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 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

João 15:13

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

João 15:13

15 I no longer call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I call you friends, for all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

João 15:15

12 This is my command \'97 to love one another as I have loved you.

João 15:12

10 Have brotherly love toward one another like family affection, in honor preferring one another,

Romanos 12:10

11 For I long to see you that I may impart to you some spiritual gift of grace in order that you may be strengthened,12 that is, that I may be encouraged with you and by you through our mutual faith, yours and mine.

Romanos 1:11-12

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and every one who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 João 4:7

11 Beloved, if God has so loved us, we ought also to love one another.12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another God abides in us and his love is made perfect in us.

1 João 4:11-12

21 This command we have from him, that he who loves God shall love his brother also.

1 João 4:21

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 fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend."

Tiago 2:23

4 You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever chooses to be a friend to the world stands as an enemy of God.

Tiago 4:4