municating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality. Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. Being of one mind one toward another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits. To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men. (Rom. xii. 9-17.)
Let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful. (Col. iii. 15.)
Delight in the Lord, and He will give thee the requests of thy heart. (Ps. xxxvi. 4.)
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright. (Ps. xxxii. 1.)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. (Philipp. iv. 4.)
Edification
FROM all appearance of evil refrain yourselves. (1 Thess. v. 22.)
Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But judge this rather, that you put not a stumbling-block or a scandal in your brother’s way. (Rom. xiv. 13.)
Avoiding this, lest any man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us. For we forecast what may be good not only before God, but also before men. (2 Cor. viii. 20, 21.)
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God. Be without offense to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God: As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that they may be saved. (1 Cor. x. 31-33.)
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it
