On Relationships & Friendship

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up."

Las relaciones proporcionan apoyo, y somos más fuertes cuando trabajamos juntos y nos ayudamos en las dificultades.

"Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance."

Los verdaderos amigos se ayudan mutuamente a crecer, se desafían y se hacen mejores.

"Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals.""

Las personas con las que pasamos tiempo pueden influir en nosotros, por lo que es esencial elegir amigos que nos edifican en lugar de llevarnos por mal camino.

"bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do."

En las relaciones, debemos ser pacientes y perdonar, tal como Dios nos ha perdonado.

"A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity."

Los verdaderos amigos y familiares están a nuestro lado, especialmente en los momentos difíciles.

""This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

Jesús mostró el amor más grande al sacrificarse a sí mismo, enseñándonos que el amor consiste en el desinterés y en poner a los demás en primer lugar.

"with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

Las buenas relaciones requieren humildad, mansedumbre, paciencia y un compromiso con la paz.

"Better is open rebuke than hidden love. The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse."

Los verdaderos amigos son sinceros entre sí, aunque la verdad sea difícil de oír, a diferencia de los falsos amigos que adulan sin sinceridad.

"In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,"

Debemos dedicarnos los unos a los otros con amor, respetando y valorando siempre a los demás.

"Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do."

Las relaciones prosperan con el ánimo y el apoyo, y estamos llamados a levantarnos unos a otros.

"A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

Los verdaderos amigos son leales y fiables, y permanecen unidos en las buenas y en las malas.

"doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others."

Las relaciones sólidas surgen de la humildad, cuando consideramos las necesidades de los demás antes que las nuestras.

"Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?"

Las relaciones exitosas requieren comprensión mutua, acuerdo y objetivos compartidos.

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.""

Cuando las personas se reúnen en la fe, la presencia de Dios fortalece su vínculo y trae bendición a su relación.

"One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm."

Debemos elegir sabiamente a nuestros amigos, ya que su influencia puede conducirnos hacia la sabiduría o hacia el mal.

"And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms."

Las relaciones prosperan en el amor profundo, la bondad y la voluntad de servir generosamente a los demás.

"Let's consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

Debemos animarnos unos a otros en el amor y las buenas acciones, apoyándonos mutuamente mediante reuniones periódicas.

"Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us."

Cuando nos amamos unos a otros, reflejamos el amor de Dios y mostramos su presencia en nuestras vidas.

"If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."

Las relaciones sólidas proporcionan protección y resistencia, especialmente cuando Dios forma parte del vínculo.

"So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;"

Las relaciones sanas se basan en la buena comunicación, la paciencia y el autocontrol.

"Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets."

La "Regla de Oro" nos enseña a tratar a los demás como queremos que nos traten a nosotros, lo que constituye la base de unas relaciones sólidas.

"Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?"

Es importante establecer relaciones estrechas con personas que comparten nuestros valores y nuestra fe.

""As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them."

Tratar a los demás como queremos que nos traten es una guía sencilla pero poderosa para construir relaciones sanas.

"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

Las respuestas amables y suaves ayudan a prevenir los conflictos y a mantener la paz en las relaciones.

"Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear."

Nuestras palabras deben ser positivas y útiles, para edificar a los demás en lugar de destruirlos.

"If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing."

El amor es más importante que cualquier logro o talento y debe ser el fundamento de todas nuestras relaciones.

"Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory."

Pedir consejo a amigos de confianza puede conducirnos al éxito y ayudarnos a tomar decisiones sabias.

"If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men."

Debemos hacer todo lo posible por mantener relaciones pacíficas con los demás.

"Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection."

Las relaciones requieren compasión, paciencia y perdón, unidos por el amor.

"Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Debemos esforzarnos por tener la misma actitud que Cristo, apoyándonos unos a otros en la unidad y el amor para glorificar a Dios.