I need a good passage

[compactdiss]

If you feel you have been wronged, what is a good passage to read to the person who has wronged you?

 

[RyanL]

could you be any more specific? crime, offense, knowing/unknowing, verbal, annoyance, hurt, etc.? i would like to help, but i don’t know your starting point (and if you don’t know where you come from, it’s hard to know where to go…).

before i went to my brother to pull the splinter out of his eye, i would pray pray pray to Jesus to create in me a heart of gentleness and loving kindness, and work forgiveness in my soul…immediately following i would pray for my brother.

Peace,
RyanL

 

[Liberian]

compactdiss:

If you feel you have been wronged, what is a good passage to read to the person who has wronged you?

Pardon my being curious, but is the person asking you to read a passage to him?

Depending on the situation, I would read the whole book of Ruth. It’s a beautiful, gentle story, and if someone has been wronged there is probably a serious need for beauty and gentleness.

• Liberian

 

[Annunciata]

compactdiss:

If you feel you have been wronged, what is a good passage to read to the person who has wronged you?

Ephesians: 4: 25-32 ( I like verse 32…but thought the others should be considered as well.)

25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

27 and do not leave room for the devil.

28 The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest work with his (own) hands, so that he may have something to share with one in need.

29 No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

30 And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption.

31 All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice.

32 (And) be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

 

[Steven_Merten]

NAB MAT 18:15 Fraternal Correction

“If your brother should commit some wrong against you, go and point it out his fault, but keep it between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. If he does not listen, summon another, so that every case may stand on the word of two or three witnesses. If he ignores them, refer it to the church . If he ignores even the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. I assure you, whatever you declare bound on earth shall be held bound in heaven, and whatever you declare loosed on earth shall be held loosed in heaven.”

Hello Compactdiss,

These are the words of Jesus that tell you what to do when someone wrongs you. Unfortunately I do not know of any specific way to request the Church to use the authority of the “Keys to the Kingdom” to resolve such a situation.

Please visit Throwing Stones

 

[compactdiss]

God works in his own ways… I didn’t even know this thread was still going…

Rigth now I am going to read the passages left by those who replied.

I’ll respond later but thanks for keeping my question going.