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Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody.

Romans 12:17-18 (The Message)

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Romans 12:17-18 (New International Version)

Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

Romans 12:17-18 (New Living Translation)

But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.

Romans 8:25 (New Living Translation)

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Romans 8:25 (New International Version)

But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

Romans 8:25 (The Message)

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Better to be patient than powerful;
better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (New Living Translation)

Better a patient man than a warrior,
a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (New International Version)

Moderation is better than muscle,
self-control better than political power.

Proverbs 16:32 (The Message)

Better to be patient than powerful;
better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (New Living Translation)

Better a patient man than a warrior,
a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (New International Version)

Moderation is better than muscle,
self-control better than political power.

Proverbs 16:32 (The Message)

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

James 1:2-4 (New Living Translation)

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 1:2-4 (New International Version)

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

James 1:2-4 (The Message)