Relacionamentos
Os relacionamentos são centrais na vida cristã. A Bíblia orienta sobre amizade, casamento, família e convivência, sempre tendo o amor como fundamento de toda relação.
Amor e amizade
O amigo ama em todo tempo. A Bíblia valoriza amizades verdadeiras que edificam, fortalecem e desafiam ao crescimento mútuo.
17 At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
17 Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.
9 Better are two, than one,in that they have a good reward for their toil.
10 For, if the one should fall, would raise up his companion,but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
12 And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him,and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.
Casamento e família
O casamento é aliança sagrada. O marido deve amar a esposa como Cristo amou a Igreja, e ambos devem cultivar respeito e submissão mútua.
25 Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,26 That, her, he might sanctify, having purified with the bath of water, in declaration,
28 So, ought the husbands to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies,he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,
33 Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife,
22 Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,23 Because, a husband, is the head of his wife, as, the Christ also, is the head of the assembly, he, being the saviour of the body,
18 Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;19 Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
18 And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.
2 But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:
14 House and substance, are an inheritance from ones fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.
10 A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth.
7 Thou art, all over, beautiful, my fair one, and, blemish, is there none in thee.
Convivência saudável
Os relacionamentos florescem quando tratamos os outros como gostaríamos de ser tratados, com amor crescente e caráter maduro.
12 Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,for, this, is the law and the prophets.
19 Honour thy father and thy mother,andThou shalt love thy neighbour as, thyself.
12 And, you, may the Lord cause to abound and excel in your love one toward another, and toward all,even as, we, do toward you:
8 If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!
14 Be not getting diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?
10 For am I, even now, persuading, men, or God? Or am I seeking to please, men? If I had been still pleasing, men, Christs servant, had I not been!
5 And, for this very reason alsoadding, on your part, all diligence, supply, in your faith, excellence, and, in your excellence, knowledge,6 And, in your knowledge, self-control, and, in your self-control, endurance, and, in your endurance, godliness,7 And, in your godliness, brotherly affection, and, in your brotherly affection, love.
1 More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.