Do everything without complaining or arguing.

凡所行的，都不要发怨言，起争论，

你们无论做什么事，都不要发怨言起争论，

你们无论做什么事，都不要发怨言起争论，

无论做什么事，都不要抱怨，也不要与人争论，

无论作什么，都不要发怨言、起争论，

做任何事都不要抱怨或争论，

凡所行的，都不要發怨言，起爭論，

你們無論做甚麼事，都不要發怨言起爭論，

你們無論做甚麼事，都不要發怨言起爭論，

無論做什麼事，都不要抱怨，也不要與人爭論，

無論作甚麼，都不要發怨言、起爭論，

你們行事、都不要發怨言、起爭論，

做任何事都不要抱怨或爭論，

爾凡所行、毋私議、毋爭辯、

行事勿怨讟、勿疑辯、

無論行何事、勿怨讟、勿爭論、

故任作何事、勿存怨尤、毋滋紛爭、

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

Do everything without complaining and arguing,

Do everything without grumbling and arguing,

Do all things without complaining or arguments;

Do all things without complaining and disputing,

Do all things without murmurings and questionings:

Do everything without grumbling and arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

Welcome others into your homes without complaining.

Don’t speak against God. That’s what some of the people of Israel did. And they were killed by the destroying angel.

Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourselves.

And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord. He has heard you say you aren’t happy with him. Who are we? Why are you telling us you aren’t happy with us?”Moses also said,“ You will know that the Lord has heard you speak against him. He will give you meat to eat in the evening. He’ll give you all the bread you want in the morning. But who are we? You aren’t speaking against us. You are speaking against the Lord.”

Get rid of all hard feelings, anger and rage. Stop all fighting and lying. Don’t have anything to do with any kind of hatred.Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive one another, just as God forgave you because of what Christ has done.

In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were. They didn’t obey him.

If possible, live in peace with everyone. Do that as much as you can.

But Paul and Barnabas didn’t agree with this. They argued strongly with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed to go up to Jerusalem. Some other believers were chosen to go with them. They were told to ask the apostles and elders about this question.

In those days the number of believers was growing. The Greek Jews complained about the non- Greek Jews. They said that the widows of the Greek Jews were not being taken care of. They weren’t getting their fair share of food each day.

A few vegetables where there is love are better than the finest meat where there is hatred.A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict. But a person who is patient calms things down.

Let us not become proud. Let us not make each other angry. Let us not want what belongs to others.

Accept the person whose faith is weak. Don’t argue with them where you have differences of opinion.

Human anger doesn’t produce the holy life God wants.

If you say or do things that harm one another, watch out! You could end up destroying one another.

Brothers and sisters, don’t find fault with one another. If you do, you will be judged. And the Judge is standing at the door!

But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Then don’t brag about it. And don’t say no to the truth.Wisdom like this doesn’t come down from heaven. It belongs to the earth. It doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit. It comes from the devil.Are you jealous? Are you concerned only about getting ahead? Then your life will be a mess. You will be doing all kinds of evil things.But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure. That’s the most important thing about it. And that’s not all. It also loves peace. It thinks about others. It obeys. It is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair. It doesn’t pretend to be what it is not.Those who make peace plant it like a seed. They will harvest a crop of right living.Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you.

They must turn away from evil and do good. They must look for peace and go after it.

Barnabas and Paul strongly disagreed with each other. So they went their separate ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.

After they had talked it over, Peter got up and spoke to them.“ Brothers,” he said,“ you know that some time ago God chose me. He appointed me to take the good news to the Gentiles. He wanted them to hear the good news and believe.

Try your best to live in peace with everyone. Try hard to be holy. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.

These people complain and find fault with others. They follow their own evil desires. They brag about themselves. They praise others to get what they want.

You are still following the ways of the world. Some of you are jealous. Some of you argue. So aren’t you following the ways of the world? Aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings?One of you says,“ I follow Paul.” Another says,“ I follow Apollos.” Aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings?After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.

Make sure that no one pays back one wrong act with another. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Brothers and sisters, I make my appeal to you. I do this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I ask that all of you agree with one another in what you say. I ask that you don’t take sides. I ask that you are in complete agreement in all that you think.My brothers and sisters, I have been told you are arguing with one another. Some people from Chloe’s house have told me this.Here is what I mean. One of you says,“ I follow Paul.” Another says,“ I follow Apollos.” Another says,“ I follow Peter.” And still another says,“ I follow Christ.”

When they received it, they began to complain about the owner.

I’m afraid that when I come I won’t find you as I want you to be. I’m afraid that you won’t find me as you want me to be. I’m afraid there will be arguing, jealousy and fits of anger. I’m afraid each of you will focus only on getting ahead. Then you will tell lies about each other. You will talk about each other. I’m afraid you will be proud and cause trouble.

Jesus and his disciples came to a house in Capernaum. There he asked them,“ What were you arguing about on the road?”But they kept quiet. On the way, they had argued about which one of them was the most important person.

Where there is arguing, there is pride. But those who take advice are wise.

“ How long will this evil community speak against me? I have heard these Israelites talk about how unhappy they are.

It could have been sold for more than a year’s pay. The money could have been given to poor people.” So they found fault with the woman.

Have a lot of respect for them. Love them because of what they do. Live in peace with one another.

Suppose someone teaches something different than I have taught. Suppose that person doesn’t agree with the true teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. Suppose they don’t agree with godly teaching.Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

I am warning you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who try to keep you from staying together. They want to trip you up. They teach you things opposite to what you have learned. Stay away from them.