Gentileza
A gentileza é fruto do Espírito e marca do cristão maduro. Palavras suaves, gestos de bondade e amor ao próximo — a Bíblia nos chama a tratar todos com graça e compaixão.
Seja gentil
A vossa gentileza seja conhecida de todos. A palavra branda desvia a ira, e a boa conduta atrai os que estão distantes.
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
A soft answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Pleasant words arelike a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Walk in wisdom toward those whoare outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always bewith grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Character of the New Man
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
Gentileza como fruto
O fruto do Espírito inclui bondade e amabilidade. Amem uns aos outros com afeição fraternal e tratem bem a todos.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Concluding Moral Directions
Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doingsome have unwittingly entertained angels.
Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
"Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Execute true justice,
Show mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."