¹¹ So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

⁹ Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

² It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe;

³ Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.

¹³ Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

²⁴ And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

²⁵ Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

²⁶ For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

¹⁰ Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

³² And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

⁴¹ Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

⁴² And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

⁴³ But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

⁴⁴ And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

⁴⁵ And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

⁴⁶ And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

⁴⁷ Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

⁶ If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

⁷ But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

¹¹ Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

²² And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

¹ If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

² Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

³ Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

³⁴ I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

¹⁰ And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

¹¹ So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

¹² And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

¹³ A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

¹⁴ We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.