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Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
