5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath,

but a harsh word stirs up anger.

24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb,

sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

5 Walk in wisdom towards those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

12 Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

10 So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good towards all men, and especially towards those who are of the household of the faith.

1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

13 Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

17 "‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.

18 "‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am the LORD.

9 "Thus has the LORD of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgement, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. 10 Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

20 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."