tSee 1 Tim. 2:4
xSee Prov. 14:29
Philippians 4:5
5Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. aThe Lord is at hand;Colossians 3:12-13
12 bPut on then, as cGod’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, dcompassionate hearts, ekindness, fhumility, meekness, and patience, 13 gbearing with one another and, hif one has a complaint against another, iforgiving each other; jas the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.1 Thessalonians 2:7
7But we were kgentle ▼▼Some manuscripts infants
among you, mlike a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 2 Timothy 2:24-25
24And nthe Lord’s servant ▼▼Greek bondservant
must not be quarrelsome but pkind to everyone, qable to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25correcting his opponents rwith gentleness. God smay perhaps grant them repentance tleading to a knowledge of the truth, James 1:19-20
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 uKnow this, my beloved brothers: let every person vbe quick to hear, wslow to speak, xslow to anger; 20for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.James 3:17
17But ythe wisdom from above is first pure, then zpeaceable, gentle, open to reason, aafull of mercy and good fruits, abimpartial and acsincere.
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