Today we will discuss the topic of accepting others as they are. As believers, we should love everyone and treat them with kindness. Just as God loves us all, we should love everyone. We should love people despite all their flaws and differences. God created us differently, and we are very valuable to Him. That is why we should respect and love all people.
We can learn from the life of Jesus that he loved and accepted people. He was never ashamed to eat with tax collectors and heal the sick, and he freely associated with the oppressed in society. Jesus showed us that we should never judge a person based on their past or their status. He taught us that God’s creation is revealed in every person and that we should honor and love all people.
The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman teaches us that we should love all people. He spoke to the woman with respect and taught her about living water. From this story, we can learn that we should never look down on others, but we should see everyone with the same eyes in God’s love.
We will try to see all people in our daily lives through God’s eyes. In this way, we will extend a helping hand and bring love and affection to them. In this way, we will walk on the path shown by God.
Dear friends, now let’s look at the following Bible verses that talk about accepting others as they are.
Romans 12:10 : —
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”
Romans 12:16 : —
“Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits”
Romans 14:13 : —
“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way”
Romans 15:1 : —
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, not to please ourselves”
Romans 15:7 : —
“Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God”
Romans 2:11 : —
“For there is no respect of persons with God”
Colossians 3:11 : —
“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, in all”
Colossians 3:13-14 : —
“Forbearing one another, forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do yeAnd above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness”
Galatians 3:28 : —
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus”
Galatians 5:13-14 : —
“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one anotherFor all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
Galatians 6:2 : —
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, so fulfil the law of Christ”
Ephesians 4:2 : —
“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love”
Ephesians 4:32 : —
“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”
Ephesians 5:21 : —
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God”
James 2:1 : —
“My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons”
James 2:8 : —
“If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well”
James 5:16 : —
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”
Luke 10:27 : —
“He answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, with all thy mind; thy neighbour as thyself”
Luke 6:37 : —
“Judge not, ye shall not be judged: condemn not, ye shall not be condemned: forgive, ye shall be forgiven”
John 13:34 : —
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another”
John 15:12 : —
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you”
Philippians 2:3 : —
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”
Philippians 4:5 : —
“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand”
Matthew 22:39 : —
“The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”
Matthew 5:16 : —
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, glorify your Father which is in heaven”
Matthew 7:1 : —
“Judge not, that ye be not judged”
Hebrews 13:1-2 : —
“Let brotherly love continueBe not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares”
Titus 3:2 : —
“To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men”
Mark 12:31 : —
“The second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these”
Acts 10:34-35 : —
“Then Peter opened his mouth, said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of personsBut in every nation he that feareth him, worketh righteousness, is accepted with him”
Proverbs 22:2 : —
“The rich poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all”
Proverbs 24:23 : —
“These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment”
Deuteronomy 10:19 : —
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt”
Leviticus 19:34 : —
“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God”
Micah 6:8 : —
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with thy God?”
Job 34:19 : —
“How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands”
Zechariah 7:9-10 : —
“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, shew mercy compassions every man to his brotherAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart”
Isaiah 1:17 : —
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow”