Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are.

Happy are those who are concerned for the poor; the LORD will help them when they are in trouble.

A good person knows the rights of the poor, but wicked people cannot understand such things.

The disciples decided that they each would send as much as they could to help their fellow believers who lived in Judea.

Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.

We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not please ourselves.

Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.

And in this way you will be sinning against Christ by sinning against other Christians and wounding their weak conscience.

So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.

Among the weak in faith I become weak like one of them, in order to win them. So I become all things to all people, that I may save some of them by whatever means are possible.

Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.

My friends, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right; but you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.

Christ's message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts.

And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.

We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.

What answer did God give him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal."

I am not laying down any rules. But by showing how eager others are to help, I am trying to find out how real your own love is.

I know that you are willing to help, and I have boasted of you to the people in Macedonia. "The believers in Achaia," I said, "have been ready to help since last year." Your eagerness has stirred up most of them.

God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.

Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

Keep on loving one another as Christians.

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.

As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you.

In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him.

Command them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share with others.

in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

This is a true saying. I want you to give special emphasis to these matters, so that those who believe in God may be concerned with giving their time to doing good deeds, which are good and useful for everyone.

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.