VI, 35-38. evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Psalm xxxiv, 13, 14. (R.v.) 35. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up. And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him: and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes iv, 9, 10, 12. (R.V.) 36. I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those women which laboured with me . . . and other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. Philippians iv, 3. (A.v.) 37. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalm cxxxiii, 1. (R.v.) 38. O ye priests, this commandment is for you. .. I have sent this command VI, 39-41. ment unto you that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace.... Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? . . . Take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. Malachi ii, 1, 4, 5, 10, 16. (R.v.) 39. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Ephesians vi, 14, 15. (R.v.) 40. Love the truth and peace. Zechariah viii, 19. (a.v.) Peace Cometh of God. 41. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. Isaiah xxvi, 12. (A.v.) VI, 42-45. 42. Behold, I will bring it to health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Jeremiah xxxiii, 6. (a.v.) 43. God hath called us to peace. I Corinthians vii, 15. (a.v.) Ideal of Human Society. 44. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Psalm 1xxxv, 10. (R.v.) 45. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord ... and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. . . . And they that are far off shall come and VI, 46-48. build in the temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God. Zechariah vi, 12, 13, 15. (R.V.) 46. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace . . . that Thy God reigneth! saith 47. Isaiah lii, 7. (R.V.) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. an ass. ... Zechariah ix, 9, 10. (R.v.) 48. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians v, 22, 23. (a.v.) |