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1 Thessalonians 5:13

and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Thessalonians 5:13 · World English Bible
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  • KJV And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
  • BSB In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
  • NKJV and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
  • NASB and that you regard them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
  • NLT Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.

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  • Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
  • Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
  • Jas 3:18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • John 13:34–35A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
  • 1 Cor 9:7–11What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
  • Gal 6:6But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
  • Eph 4:3being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Ps 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
  • 1 Cor 4:1–2So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.
  • Luke 7:3–5When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
  • Gen 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
  • Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
  • Rom 4:17–19As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
  • Gal 4:14That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
  • John 15:17“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
  • Matt 10:40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
  • Col 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
  • 2 Th 3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
  • 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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