Bible verses about "tough love" | Wycliffe

¹ Nile ye deme, `that ye be not demed; for in what doom ye demen, <sup>2</sup> ye schulen be demed, and in what mesure ye meten, it schal be meten ayen to you. <sup>3</sup> But what seest thou a litil mote in the iye of thi brother, and seest not a beem in thin owne iye? <sup>4</sup> Or hou seist thou to thi brothir, Brothir, suffre I schal do out a mote fro thin iye, and lo! a beem is in thin owne iye? <sup>5</sup> Ipocrite, `do thou out first the beem of thin iye, and thanne thou schalt se to do out the mote of the iye of thi brothir. ⁶ Nile ye yyue hooli thing to houndis, nethir caste ye youre margaritis bifore swyne, lest perauenture thei defoulen hem with her feet, and the houndis be turned, and al to-tere you. ⁷ Axe ye, and it schal be youun to you; seke ye, and ye schulen fynde; knocke ye, and it schal be openyd to you. ⁸ For ech that axith, takith; and he that sekith, fyndith; and it schal be openyd to hym, that knockith. ⁹ What man of you is, that if his sone axe hym breed, whethir he wole take hym a stoon? ¹⁰ Or if he axe fische, whether he wole take hym an edder? ¹¹ Therfor if ye, whanne ye ben yuele men, kunnen yyue good yiftis to youre sones, hou myche more youre fadir that is in heuenes schal yyue good thingis to men that axen hym? ¹² Therfor alle thingis, what euere thingis ye wolen that men do to you, do ye to hem, for this is the lawe and the prophetis. ¹³ Entre ye bi the streyt yate; for the yate that ledith to perdicioun is large, and the weie is broode, and there ben many that entren bi it. ¹⁴ Hou streit is the yate, and narwy the weye, that ledith to lijf, and ther ben fewe that fynden it. ¹⁵ Be ye war of fals prophetis, that comen to you in clothingis of scheep, but withynneforth thei ben as wolues of raueyn; ¹⁶ of her fruytis ye schulen knowe hem. Whether men gaderen grapis of thornes, or figus of breris? ¹⁷ So euery good tre makith good fruytis; but an yuel tre makith yuel fruytis. ¹⁸ A good tre may not make yuel fruytis, nethir an yuel tre make good fruytis. ¹⁹ Euery tre that makith not good fruyt, schal be kyt doun, and schal be cast in to the fier. ²⁰ Therfor of her fruytis ye schulen knowe hem. ²¹ Not ech man that seith to me, Lord, Lord, schal entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes; but he that doith the wille of my fadir that is in heuenes, he schal entre in to the kyngdoom of heuenes. ²² Many schulen seie to me in that dai, Lord, Lord, whether we han not prophesied in thi name, and han caste out feendis in thi name, and han doon many vertues in thi name? ²³ And thanne Y schal knouleche to hem, That Y knewe you neuere; departe awei fro me, ye that worchen wickidnesse. ²⁴ Therfor ech man that herith these my wordis, and doith hem, schal be maad lijk to a wise man, that hath bildid his hous on a stoon. ²⁵ And reyn felde doun, and flodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and russchiden `in to that hous; and it felde not doun, for it was foundun on a stoon. <sup>26</sup> And euery man that herith these my wordis, and doith hem not, is lijk to a fool, that hath bildid his hous on grauel. <sup>27</sup> And reyn cam doun, and floodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and thei hurliden ayen that hous; and it felde doun, and the fallyng doun therof was greet. <sup>28</sup> And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, the puple wondride on his techyng; <sup>29</sup> for he tauyte hem, as he that hadde power, and not as the scribis `of hem, and the Farisees.

⁵ For ech man schal bere his owne charge.

¹ James, the seruaunt of God, and of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to the twelue kinredis, that ben in scatering abrood, helthe. ² My britheren, deme ye al ioye, whanne ye fallen in to diuerse temptaciouns, witynge, ³ that the preuyng of youre feith worchith pacience; ⁴ and pacience hath a perfit werk, that ye be perfit and hole, and faile in no thing. ⁵ And if ony of you nedith wisdom, axe he of God, which yyueth to alle men largeli, and vpbreidith not; and it schal be youun to hym. ⁶ But axe he in feith, and doute no thing; for he that doutith, is lijk to a wawe of the see, which is moued and borun a boute of wynde. ⁷ Therfor gesse not the ilke man, that he schal take ony thing of the Lord. ⁸ A man dowble in soule is vnstable in alle hise weies. ⁹ And a meke brother haue glorie in his enhaunsyng, ¹⁰ and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe. ¹¹ The sunne roos vp with heete, and driede the gras, and the flour of it felde doun, and the fairnesse of his chere perischide; and so a riche man welewith in hise weies. ¹² Blessid is the man, that suffrith temptacioun; for whanne he schal be preued, he schal resseyue the coroun of lijf, which God biheyte to men that louen hym. ¹³ No man whanne he is temptid, seie, that he is temptid of God; for whi God is not a temptere of yuele thingis, for he temptith no man. ¹⁴ But ech man is temptid, drawun and stirid of his owne coueiting. ¹⁵ Aftirward coueityng, whanne it hath conseyued, bringith forth synne; but synne, whanne it is fillid, gendrith deth. ¹⁶ Therfor, my most dereworthe britheren, nyle ye erre. ¹⁷ Ech good yifte, and ech perfit yifte is from aboue, and cometh doun fro the fadir of liytis, anentis whom is noon other chaungyng, ne ouerschadewyng of reward. ¹⁸ For wilfulli he bigat vs bi the word of treuthe, that we be a bigynnyng of his creature. ¹⁹ Wite ye, my britheren moost loued, be ech man swift to here, but slow to speke, and slow to wraththe; ²⁰ for the wraththe of man worchith not the riytwisnesse of God. ²¹ For which thing caste ye awei al vnclennesse, and plentee of malice, and in myldenesse resseyue ye the word that is plauntid, that may saue youre soulis. ²² But be ye doeris of the word, and not hereris oneli, disseiuynge you silf. ²³ For if ony man is an herere of the word, and not a doere, this schal be licned to a man that biholdith the cheer of his birthe in a mirour; ²⁴ for he bihelde hym silf, and wente awei, and anoon he foryat which he was. ²⁵ But he that biholdith in the lawe of perfit fredom, and dwellith in it, and is not maad a foryetful herere, but a doere of werk, this schal be blessid in his dede. ²⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be religiouse, and refreyneth not his tunge, but disseyueth his herte, the religioun of him is veyn. ²⁷ A clene religioun, and an vnwemmed anentis God and the fadir, is this, to visite fadirles and modirles children, and widewis in her tribulacioun, and to kepe hym silf vndefoulid fro this world.

¹² Therfor alle thingis, what euere thingis ye wolen that men do to you, do ye to hem, for this is the lawe and the prophetis.

⁸ bifore alle thingis haue ye charite ech to other in you silf algatis lastynge; for charite couerith the multitude of synnes.

¹ I witnesse bifore God and Crist Jhesu, that schal deme the quike and the deed, and bi the comyng of hym, and the kyngdom of hym, ² preche the word, be thou bisi couenabli with outen rest, repreue thou, biseche thou, blame thou in al pacience and doctryn. ³ For tyme schal be, whanne men schulen not suffre hoolsum teching, but at her desiris thei schulen gadere `togidere to hem silf maistris yitchinge to the eeris. <sup>4</sup> And treuli thei schulen turne awei the heryng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turne. <sup>5</sup> But wake thou, in alle thingis traueile thou, do the werk of an euangelist, fulfille thi seruyce, be thou sobre. <sup>6</sup> For Y am sacrifisid now, and the tyme of my departyng is nyy. <sup>7</sup> Y haue stryuun a good strijf, Y haue endid the cours, Y haue kept the feith. <sup>8</sup> In `the tothir tyme a coroun of riytwisnesse is kept to me, which the Lord, a iust domesman, schal yelde to me in that dai; and not oneli to me, but also to these that louen his comyng. ⁹ Hyye thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk, ¹⁰ Crescens in to Galathi, Tite in to Dalmacie; ¹¹ Luk aloone is with me. Take thou Mark, and brynge with thee; for he is profitable to me in to seruyce. ¹² Forsothe Y sente Titicus to Effesi. ¹³ The cloth which Y lefte at Troade at Carpe, whanne thou comest, bringe with thee, and the bookis, but moost parchemyne. ¹⁴ Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me myche yuele; `the Lord schal yelde to hym aftir his werkis. ¹⁵ Whom also thou eschewe; for he ayenstood ful greetli oure wordis. ¹⁶ In my firste defence no man helpide me, but alle forsoken me; be it not arettid to hem. ¹⁷ But the Lord helpide me, and coumfortide me, that the preching be fillid bi me, and that alle folkis here, that Y am delyueride fro the mouth of the lioun. ¹⁸ And the Lord delyueride me fro al yuel werk, and schal make me saaf in to his heuenly kingdom, to whom be glorie in to worldis of worldis. ¹⁹ Amen. Grete wel Prisca, and Aquila, and the hous of Oneseforus. ²⁰ Erastus lefte at Corynthi, and Y lefte Trofymus sijk at Mylete. ²¹ Hiye thou to come bifore wyntir. Eubolus, and Prudent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle britheren, greten thee wel. ²² Oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with thi spirit. The grace of God be with you. Amen.

⁴ Charite is pacient, it is benygne; charite enuyeth not, it doith not wickidli, it is not blowun, ⁵ it is not coueytouse, it sekith not tho thingis that ben hise owne, it is not stirid to wraththe, it thenkith not yuel, ⁶ it ioyeth not on wickidnesse, but it ioieth togidere to treuthe; ⁷ it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingis, it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis. ⁸ Charite fallith neuere doun, whether prophecies schulen be voidid, ethir langagis schulen ceesse, ethir science schal be distried.