Bible Study 9.5: Overcoming Bitterness With Forgiveness, Truth, and Peacefire

Bible Study Purpose

This Bible study helps you welcome Scripture and the Holy Spirit into your inner conversation when you have been wounded, offended, betrayed, or treated unjustly.

You will explore how God calls his people to:

Tell the truth about wrongdoing.
Recognize the inward spread of bitterness.
Release personal vengeance.
Distinguish forgiveness from trust and reconciliation.
Establish faithful firebreaks when needed.
Pursue peace without surrendering truth.
Overcome evil with good.

Forgiveness is not pretending the wound did not matter.

It is refusing to let the wound become the permanent ruler of your heart.

Key Scripture

“If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, ‘Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.’ Therefore,
‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.’
Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
—Romans 12:18–21, WEB

Opening Reflection

Think of an offense that still enters your inner conversation.

You do not need to choose your most painful experience. Begin with something you can bring before God honestly and safely.

Complete these sentences:

What happened was:

What hurt me most was:

The conversation I continue rehearsing is:

What I wish the other person would say or do is:

Invite the Holy Spirit into this study.

“Holy Spirit, help me see this wound truthfully. Protect me from denial, bitterness, revenge, and false guilt. Teach me to receive the wisdom, freedom, and peace of Jesus Christ.”

Part One: God Created Human Relationships for Truth, Love, and Peace

Read Genesis 1:26–28 and Genesis 2:18–25

Human beings were created in the image of God.

We were made for relationship with God and with one another. Before sin entered the world, human relationships were marked by openness, trust, shared responsibility, and peace.

There was no manipulation.

There was no betrayal.

There was no need to hide.

There was no inward courtroom where one person continually prosecuted another.

God’s original design helps us understand why relational wounds can feel so deep. Betrayal, rejection, abuse, dishonesty, abandonment, and conflict violate something fundamental about how human beings were created to live.

The pain of broken trust is not evidence that you are weak.

It reflects the importance God placed on relationships.

Study Questions

What qualities characterized human relationship before the fall?
Why do betrayal and rejection affect people so deeply?
What does being created in God’s image teach you about your dignity after someone has mistreated you?
How might remembering God’s original design keep you from treating conflict as normal or unimportant?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“I was created in God’s image.”

“My dignity is not erased by another person’s conduct.”

“God designed relationships for truth, faithfulness, love, and peace.”

“It is right to grieve when those purposes are violated.”

“The wound matters, but the wound does not define my worth.”

Part Two: Sin Introduced Blame, Fear, Conflict, and Revenge

Read Genesis 3:6–13

After Adam and Eve sinned, their relationship with God and with one another changed immediately.

They hid.

They became afraid.

They covered themselves.

They shifted responsibility.

Adam blamed Eve and indirectly blamed God.

Eve blamed the serpent.

The fall introduced patterns that continue in human conflict:

Hiding the truth.
Protecting oneself through blame.
Refusing responsibility.
Becoming afraid of exposure.
Treating another person as the enemy.
Breaking trust.
Attempting to control the story.

Sin does not affect only outward behavior. It also affects the inner conversation.

After being hurt, you may interpret every action through fear.

After being accused, you may defend yourself before listening.

After betrayal, you may assume that no one can be trusted.

After conflict, you may rehearse your case until the other person becomes permanently defined by the worst thing they did.

Read Genesis 4:3–8

Cain became angry when God did not accept his offering.

God warned Cain:

“Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”
—Genesis 4:6–7, WEB

Cain’s inward struggle came before his outward violence.

Anger was present.

A wounded interpretation was present.

Sin was “crouching at the door.”

Cain was not powerless. God called him to recognize what was happening and respond faithfully.

Instead, Cain allowed the inward fire to govern his conduct.

This pattern helps us understand how bitterness spreads.

An event occurs.

You interpret the event.

A desire rises.

The desire shapes a response.

The response spreads something into the world.

The Wildfire Pattern

Event

What happened?

Interpretation

What meaning did you give the event?

Desire

What did you begin wanting, demanding, or fearing?

Response

What did you say, do, imagine, or rehearse?

Spread

How did your response affect your heart and other relationships?

Personal Study

Apply the Wildfire pattern to the offense you identified.

Event: What actually happened?

Interpretation: What did I conclude it meant?

Desire: What did I begin wanting or demanding?

Response: How did I respond outwardly and inwardly?

Spread: What has this conflict spread into my life or relationships?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“What happened may have been wrong.”

“My pain deserves truthful attention.”

“But I must also examine what is happening inside me.”

“Sin can crouch at the door of my wounded inner conversation.”

“With God’s help, I do not have to let the wound choose my response.”

Part Three: Bitterness Takes Root Beneath the Surface

Read Hebrews 12:14–15

“Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord, looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it.”
—Hebrews 12:14–15, WEB

A root grows underground.

Its early development may be invisible, but it eventually produces visible fruit.

Bitterness can operate in the same way.

It may begin with repeated thoughts such as:

“They must pay.”

“I will never release this.”

“I need everyone to know what they did.”

“I cannot have peace until they admit everything.”

“I will keep replaying the wound so I never become vulnerable again.”

“I must remain angry to prove that the wrong mattered.”

The original offense may have been someone else’s responsibility.

The cultivation of bitterness becomes your spiritual responsibility.

This does not mean you caused the wound.

It means you must decide what will be allowed to grow from it.

How Bitterness Defiles Many

Hebrews warns that bitterness can affect “many.”

Bitterness may spread through:

Repeated hostile storytelling.
Recruiting family members or friends into the conflict.
Treating new people according to old wounds.
Passing resentment to children.
Interpreting every new event through suspicion.
Withdrawing from healthy relationships.
Using silence, gossip, or exclusion as punishment.
Allowing one person’s wrongdoing to shape your view of an entire church, family, gender, profession, or community.

Read Ephesians 4:26–32

Paul does not say that anger never occurs.

He says:

“Be angry, and don’t sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil.”
—Ephesians 4:26–27, WEB

Anger can alert you that something important has happened.

But anger must not be allowed to become an open door through which bitterness, malice, slander, revenge, and cruelty enter.

Paul continues:

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
—Ephesians 4:31–32, WEB

Study Questions

Why does Scripture describe bitterness as a root?
What is the difference between experiencing anger and allowing anger to govern your conduct?
How can a private offense begin affecting many people?
Which fruit of bitterness are you most tempted to produce: withdrawal, revenge, gossip, suspicion, harsh speech, or something else?
What would it mean for you to stop giving the offense continuing authority over your inner life?

Bitterness Inventory

Place a check beside any pattern you recognize.

☐ I repeatedly replay the offense.

☐ I imagine humiliating or defeating the other person.

☐ I tell the story to people who cannot help bring healing or resolution.

☐ I feel disappointed when something good happens to the other person.

☐ I interpret every new action through the old wound.

☐ I resist forgiveness because I believe anger is protecting me.

☐ I assume that releasing revenge means the offense did not matter.

☐ I carry mistrust into unrelated relationships.

☐ I use distance, silence, or boundaries partly to punish.

☐ I believe my peace depends on the other person’s confession.

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“Bitterness does not prove that the wound was serious.”

“The truth already establishes that the wound mattered.”

“I do not need hatred to preserve justice.”

“God can protect me through wisdom, truth, boundaries, and appropriate accountability.”

“I will not allow this offense to become a root that troubles many.”

Part Four: Jesus Bears Sin Without Becoming Ruled by Revenge

Read 1 Peter 2:21–24

Peter describes the response of Jesus to unjust suffering:

“Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.”
—1 Peter 2:23, WEB

Jesus did not pretend that evil was good.

He did not deny injustice.

He did not call lies truth.

He entrusted himself to the Father, who judges righteously.

Jesus refused to let the sin of others determine the character of his response.

This does not mean Jesus was passive about wrongdoing.

Throughout his ministry, Jesus:

Confronted hypocrisy.
Exposed exploitation.
Challenged corrupt leadership.
Protected vulnerable people.
Withdrew from threatening crowds.
Refused manipulative demands.
Spoke plainly about judgment.
Forgave sinners who came to him.

Jesus joined grace and truth.

At the cross, he carried sin without becoming sinful.

He faced hatred without surrendering to hatred.

He experienced injustice without becoming unjust.

Read Luke 23:32–34

As Jesus was crucified, he prayed:

“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
—Luke 23:34, WEB

Jesus placed judgment and mercy before the Father.

His prayer did not declare crucifixion acceptable.

His forgiveness did not eliminate every consequence for those involved.

It revealed that evil would not control his heart or overturn his redemptive mission.

Study Questions

What did Jesus do instead of returning threats?
How is entrusting yourself to God different from pretending that injustice does not matter?
What does Jesus teach you about responding to evil without becoming shaped by evil?
How can grace and truth remain together in your response to an offense?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“Jesus understands unjust suffering.”

“He does not ask me to call evil good.”

“I can speak truth without surrendering to hatred.”

“I can pursue appropriate justice while entrusting final judgment to God.”

“The sin committed against me does not have to determine the spirit growing within me.”

Part Five: Forgiveness Releases Personal Vengeance

Read Romans 12:17–21

Paul commands believers:

“Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.”
—Romans 12:17, WEB

“Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath.”
—Romans 12:19, WEB

Forgiveness does not mean that wrongdoing receives no response.

It means you refuse to repay evil with evil.

You surrender the role of final judge.

You stop making another person’s suffering the goal of your heart.

You may still:

Tell the truth.
Confront wrongdoing.
Report abuse or criminal conduct.
Seek restitution.
Participate in legal proceedings.
Require accountability.
Establish boundaries.
End access to vulnerable people.
Request mediation.
Allow appropriate consequences.

These actions can be pursued without personal vengeance.

Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Trust

Forgiveness is the surrender of revenge.

Trust is confidence based on demonstrated faithfulness.

You can forgive someone who is not currently trustworthy.

Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Reconciliation

Forgiveness can be chosen by one person before God.

Reconciliation requires participation from more than one person.

It normally involves truth, repentance, responsibility, repair, and some measure of rebuilt trust.

Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Renewed Access

You may forgive someone without restoring the same level of access to your home, finances, ministry, private information, children, schedule, or emotional life.

Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Forgetting

Wisdom may require you to remember what happened so you can make responsible decisions.

Remembering is different from continually feeding resentment.

Forgiveness Is Not the Removal of Consequences

A person may be forgiven and still face relational, vocational, ministerial, legal, or financial consequences.

Study Questions

According to Romans 12, who carries final responsibility for vengeance?
What is the difference between seeking justice and seeking personal revenge?
What are you afraid will happen if you forgive?
Are you assuming that forgiveness requires trust, reconciliation, silence, or restored access?
What personal vengeance are you being invited to surrender?

Personal Release Prayer

“Lord, I acknowledge that ______________________________ hurt me by ____________________________________________.

What happened mattered.

I do not excuse it.

I do not call it good.

I surrender my desire to personally make this person suffer.

I release my imagined revenge.

I entrust final judgment to you.

Give me wisdom concerning truth, justice, boundaries, accountability, and possible reconciliation.

Do not allow hatred to become the ruler of my heart.

Through Jesus Christ, help me overcome evil with good.

Amen.”

Part Six: Peace Has Biblical Limits and Responsibilities

Read Romans 12:18

“If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.”
—Romans 12:18, WEB

Paul includes two important qualifications.

“If It Is Possible”

Peaceful restoration is not always immediately possible.

The other person may:

Deny the offense.
Continue the harmful conduct.
Refuse accountability.
Manipulate spiritual language.
Threaten retaliation.
Reject mediation.
Remain unsafe.
Violate legal or relational boundaries.

You cannot create mutual peace without the participation of the other person.

“As Much as It Is Up to You”

You are responsible for your conduct before God.

You are not responsible for forcing another person to repent.

You can:

Refuse revenge.
Confess your wrongdoing.
Speak truthfully.
Seek mediation.
Establish clear boundaries.
Pray for the person.
Remain open to genuine repentance.
Stop spreading the offense unnecessarily.
Pursue appropriate accountability.

You cannot:

Manufacture another person’s confession.
Control another person’s motives.
Force genuine repentance.
Rebuild trust by yourself.
Guarantee reconciliation.
Make an unsafe person safe through wishful thinking.

Responsibility Circles

What Belongs to Me

My words.

My actions.

My attitudes.

My confession.

My boundaries.

My willingness to forgive.

My pursuit of truth.

My decision to seek help.

My response to the Holy Spirit.

What Belongs to the Other Person

Their honesty.

Their repentance.

Their conduct.

Their willingness to accept accountability.

Their respect for boundaries.

Their participation in repair.

What Belongs to God

Final judgment.

Heart transformation.

Perfect knowledge of motives.

The ultimate outcome.

Redemption.

Justice beyond my control.

Personal Study

What responsibility belongs to me in this situation?

What responsibility belongs to the other person?

What outcome must I entrust to God?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“I am responsible for my conduct before God.”

“I am not responsible for producing another person’s repentance.”

“I can pursue peace without pretending peace already exists.”

“I can remain open to God while recognizing present relational limits.”

“My obedience does not require control over the outcome.”

Part Seven: Faithful Firebreaks Limit the Spread of Harm

Read Proverbs 22:3

“A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.”
—Proverbs 22:3, WEB

Wisdom recognizes danger.

A relational firebreak is a boundary that prevents destructive conduct from spreading.

A firebreak may include:

Ending a conversation when shouting or threats begin.
Communicating only in writing.
Meeting with a mediator present.
Limiting financial access.
Refusing unsupervised contact.
Blocking repeated harassment.
Leaving a dangerous environment.
Reporting abuse or criminal activity.
Seeking legal, medical, pastoral, or professional help.
Removing someone from leadership responsibilities.
Maintaining long-term or permanent separation.

A firebreak is not automatically unforgiving.

The purpose of a faithful firebreak is protection, stewardship, truth, and responsible love.

Read Matthew 18:15–17

Jesus gives a process for confronting sin.

The process may begin privately, but it does not always remain private.

When someone refuses to listen, others may need to become involved.

This passage shows that Christian conflict resolution includes increasing levels of accountability.

It does not teach that every serious offense must remain hidden between two people.

Dangerous, abusive, or criminal conduct may require immediate involvement from appropriate authorities rather than beginning with a private confrontation.

A Clear Boundary Formula

A clear boundary can include three parts:

Name the Behavior

“When the conversation includes insults or threats…”

State the Limit

“…I will not continue participating in it.”

Explain Your Response

“I will end the conversation and communicate again when respectful discussion is possible.”

Other examples include:

“I forgive you, but I am not ready to restore unsupervised access.”

“I am willing to discuss repair with a qualified mediator present.”

“I will communicate about this matter only in writing.”

“I will not keep conduct secret when someone is in danger.”

“Trust will be rebuilt through consistent behavior over time.”

Firebreak Discernment Questions

What specific behavior is causing harm?
Who or what needs protection?
Is the proposed boundary proportionate to the danger or pattern?
Does the boundary describe what you will do rather than trying to control another person?
Are you using the boundary for protection or punishment?
Have you sought wise counsel when the situation is serious?
What action will you take if the boundary is violated?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“I can forgive without offering unlimited access.”

“A boundary is not automatically revenge.”

“I will not use spiritual language to excuse dangerous behavior.”

“Wisdom recognizes danger and takes refuge.”

“I can remain free from hatred while maintaining a necessary firebreak.”

Part Eight: Repentance Produces Fruit

Read Luke 3:7–14

John the Baptist called people to:

“Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance.”
—Luke 3:8, WEB

Repentance is more than saying, “I am sorry.”

Genuine repentance produces visible fruit.

That fruit may include:

Naming the wrongdoing clearly.
Refusing to shift blame.
Listening to the wounded person.
Respecting boundaries.
Ending the harmful behavior.
Accepting consequences.
Making restitution when possible.
Seeking accountability or treatment.
Demonstrating change over time.
Refusing to demand immediate trust.

Read 2 Corinthians 7:8–11

Paul distinguishes godly sorrow from worldly sorrow.

Worldly sorrow may focus mainly on embarrassment, exposure, lost access, or unwanted consequences.

Godly sorrow moves toward repentance and responsibility.

A person may feel intense emotion without genuinely changing.

Tears alone do not prove repentance.

Religious language alone does not prove repentance.

Promises alone do not rebuild trust.

Trust begins growing when repentance produces consistent fruit.

Study Questions

What does John mean by “fruits worthy of repentance”?
What is the difference between regret and repentance?
Why should trust be rebuilt through conduct rather than demanded through words?
What fruit would demonstrate meaningful change in the relationship you are considering?
Are you being pressured to offer trust where the fruit of repentance is still absent?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“I can receive an apology graciously without pretending that trust has been restored.”

“Repentance produces fruit.”

“I do not need to make immediate decisions under spiritual pressure.”

“I can observe conduct patiently and wisely.”

“Trust may grow as faithfulness becomes visible over time.”

Part Nine: The Holy Spirit Leads Us Away From Strangefire

Read James 3:13–18

James contrasts earthly wisdom with wisdom from above.

Earthly wisdom can be marked by jealousy, selfish ambition, confusion, and evil practices.

God’s wisdom is described as:

Pure.
Peaceful.
Gentle.
Reasonable.
Full of mercy.
Full of good fruits.
Without partiality.
Without hypocrisy.

Strangefire occurs when spiritual language is used to fuel manipulation, denial, control, or continued harm.

Strangefire may sound like:

“If you were a real Christian, you would trust me again.”

“Forgiveness means you cannot establish consequences.”

“God told me that you must reconcile with me.”

“You are bitter because you reported what happened.”

“You must keep this secret to protect the ministry.”

“My apology means you have to restore my position.”

“A godly person would not need a boundary.”

These claims may use Christian words while resisting truth, purity, accountability, and repentance.

God’s wisdom is peaceable, but it is also pure.

Biblical peace does not require cooperation with deception.

Discernment Questions

Does this message lead toward truth or concealment?
Does it encourage responsibility or avoid accountability?
Does it respect wise boundaries or demand access?
Does it produce mercy and good fruit or confusion and fear?
Is Scripture being used to serve Christ or control another person?
Is the person asking for forgiveness, or demanding freedom from consequences?

Scriptural Self-Conversation

“The Holy Spirit does not require me to cooperate with deception.”

“Peace and purity belong together.”

“Christian language does not make manipulation holy.”

“I can test what I am hearing by the character and wisdom of Christ.”

“I will welcome truth, mercy, reason, good fruit, and freedom from hypocrisy.”

Part Ten: Overcoming Evil With Good

Read Romans 12:20–21

“Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
—Romans 12:21, WEB

To overcome evil with good does not mean becoming passive.

Good may take many forms.

Good may be:

Forgiving.
Confronting.
Confessing.
Reporting.
Protecting.
Showing mercy.
Establishing consequences.
Seeking restitution.
Refusing gossip.
Maintaining a firebreak.
Offering practical kindness.
Remaining open to genuine repentance.
Walking away from a destructive argument.
Praying for an enemy.
Refusing to become cruel.

The central question is not:

“How can I make this person suffer as I have suffered?”

It is:

“What response reflects the truth, holiness, courage, wisdom, justice, and mercy of Jesus Christ?”

Peacefire Response Plan

Pause

Do not allow the speed of the Wildfire to control your response.

Welcome God

“Jesus, you are present in this conflict.”

Name the Event

Describe what happened without exaggeration or minimization.

Examine the Interpretation

Separate known facts from assumed motives.

Identify the Desire

What are you wanting, demanding, fearing, or trying to control?

Surrender Revenge

Release the goal of personally making the other person suffer.

Discern Responsibility

Identify what belongs to you, what belongs to the other person, and what belongs to God.

Choose the Faithful Response

Decide whether the next step is prayer, waiting, confession, conversation, mediation, reporting, accountability, forgiveness, or a firebreak.

Consider the Spread

Ask what your response will spread into your heart, family, church, workplace, or community.

Personal Peacefire Plan

The situation I am bringing before God is:

The facts I know are:

The assumptions I need to examine are:

The desire or fear influencing me is:

The personal vengeance I need to release is:

The responsibility that belongs to me is:

The boundary or firebreak that may be needed is:

The next faithful response is:

Part Eleven: Renewing the Inner Conversation

When an offense returns to your mind, you can respond without condemning yourself.

Read Colossians 3:12–15

Paul calls believers to put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and love.

He then writes:

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.”
—Colossians 3:15, WEB

The peace of Christ is meant to rule the believer’s heart.

The offense does not have to rule.

The other person’s denial does not have to rule.

The desire for revenge does not have to rule.

Fear does not have to rule.

Christ rules.

This peace does not depend on pretending every relationship is restored.

It comes from living under the authority, presence, justice, grace, and wisdom of Jesus.

Read Revelation 21:1–5

God’s redemptive story moves toward a world in which mourning, crying, pain, and death are finally removed.

God says:

“Behold, I am making all things new.”
—Revelation 21:5, WEB

Some wounds receive significant healing in this life.

Some relationships are beautifully reconciled.

Some injustices are addressed.

Some trust is rebuilt.

Other situations remain incomplete.

Some offenders never repent.

Some losses cannot be fully restored before the resurrection.

Christian hope does not depend on every wrong being repaired immediately.

Our hope rests in the God who sees, judges, redeems, restores, and makes all things new.

Final Study Questions

What have you learned about the difference between forgiveness, trust, reconciliation, and restored access?
Where has bitterness taken root in your inner conversation?
What personal vengeance are you ready to release to God?
What truth must not be minimized?
What responsibility belongs to you?
What responsibility belongs to the other person?
What boundary or firebreak may be needed?
What would fruit worthy of repentance look like?
What Scripture can replace your most common bitter inner script?
What would it mean for the peace of Christ to rule your heart in this situation?

Key Truths to Remember

Forgiveness does not deny the wound.

Forgiveness releases personal vengeance.

Trust is rebuilt through demonstrated faithfulness.

Reconciliation requires truth and participation.

A boundary can be an expression of wisdom and love.

Accountability is not the same as revenge.

You are responsible for your response, not another person’s repentance.

The peace of Christ can rule even when a relationship remains unresolved.

The wound may be part of your story, but it does not have final authority over your identity.

Closing Prayer

“Lord Jesus Christ,

You know every wound I carry.

You know what was done, what was lost, and what remains unresolved.

You see the facts clearly.

You understand the motives I cannot know.

You judge with perfect righteousness.

Protect me from denying the truth.

Protect me from feeding bitterness.

Protect me from seeking revenge.

I surrender the person, the offense, and the final outcome to you.

Help me forgive as I have been forgiven.

Give me wisdom to distinguish forgiveness from trust.

Show me whether reconciliation is possible.

Give me courage to establish faithful firebreaks where they are needed.

Help me confess what belongs to me without accepting blame that is not mine.

Guard me from Strangefire, manipulation, and false guilt.

Teach me to speak truth with grace.

Teach me to pursue peace without pretending.

Teach me to overcome evil with good.

Let your peace rule my heart.

Do not allow this wound to become my permanent inner script.

Renew my mind.

Restore my soul.

Lead me in the freedom of your new creation.

In your name, Jesus,

Amen.”

Key Scripture Passages

Genesis 1:26–28
Genesis 2:18–25
Genesis 3:6–13
Genesis 4:3–8
Proverbs 22:3
Matthew 18:15–17
Luke 3:7–14
Luke 23:32–34
Romans 12:17–21
2 Corinthians 7:8–11
Ephesians 4:26–32
Colossians 3:12–15
Hebrews 12:14–15
James 3:13–18
1 Peter 2:21–24
Revelation 21:1–5

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