CHRISTIANS
(See also Christian Congregation; Christianity; Christians [Early]; Disciples)
(Note centered headings below: Qualities; Quotations; Relationship Among)
aliens and temporary residents: it-1 75; w12 12/15 19-28; w11 11/15 16-20
like emigrants: w90 9/1 30-31
altar for: it-1 85-86; w03 2/15 29-30
angelic support: it-1 107-108
approved by Jehovah from baptism on: w88 11/15 10-13
attitude toward—
abortion: lff lesson 38; od 196; g17.1 10-11; g88 4/8 27; g87 4/8 15
alcoholic beverages: w23.12 14-17; lff lesson 43; mwb21.05 16; it-1 656-657; it-2 1188-1189; g 8/13 14-15; w11 2/15 29; w06 11/15 6; g 12/06 18-19; w04 12/1 18-23; w87 8/1 4-6; tp 155; g86 3/8 10-11
authority: w19.05 5-7; w94 7/1 18-28
begging: it-1 279
birth control: ijwbq article 19; w17.12 16; w11 11/1 6; g93 2/22 8-9
bloodshed: w86 9/1 19
body piercing: g00 3/22 13
business dishonesty: w87 4/15 29
buying stolen goods: w92 6/15 30-31
capital punishment: w90 11/1 20
childbearing: w88 3/1 19-27
civil disobedience: g87 9/8 22-23
community works: w03 12/1 30-31; w90 11/1 12
cosmetics: ijwbq article 131; it-1 515; rs 435
customs: mwb25.09 2; w04 5/15 27; g00 1/8 26-27; w98 10/1 19-23
death: w96 8/1 7
drugs: g90 11/8 27
education: w19.06 5-7; w92 11/1 15-21
elderly: w06 6/1 5; w88 7/15 21-23; w87 6/1 5-18; w87 6/15 25-27; km 9/87 3; w86 2/1 28-29
embalming: w02 3/15 29-31; w02 4/15 30
enemies: it-1 726-727
engagement to marry: w99 8/15 30-31
entertainment: w22.10 9; lff lesson 53; od 135-137, 201-202; lvs 76-80, 82-85; w15 8/15 24-25; lv 63-73; w11 3/15 9; w10 4/15 22; re 52, 54; om 131-132; w88 6/15 17-18; w87 9/15 18-19
ethnicity: scl 109; w18.08 9-10; w07 7/1 4-6
evil: it-1 773
“extended” family: w87 6/15 24-27
family planning: w19.12 22-24; g93 2/22 7-9
fasting: ijwbq article 139; it-1 812-813; w09 4/1 28-29; w96 11/15 5-7
fatherless boys: it-1 816
fellow Christians: w94 2/1 18
filing for bankruptcy: w94 9/15 30-31
food: it-1 845
gambling: ijwbq article 102; g 3/15 14-15; w11 3/1 12-14; g92 6/8 11
giving to charity: w86 10/1 22-23
giving to needy: it-1 939-940; it-2 653; w06 5/1 4-7
governments: scl 17, 50, 52-53; w22.10 12-17; lff lesson 45; od 160-161, 201; w18.05 24; it-1 579, 991-992; lvs 54-55; w17.03 10, 12; w16.04 28-29; lv 44-45; w12 12/15 22-23; w10 5/15 6; w09 6/15 19; lr 148-151; w02 7/15 23-25; w02 11/1 13, 17-19; w01 6/1 15; w00 8/1 4-5; g99 9/8 26-27; w98 9/1 16; w97 11/1 14-18; kl 131-134; w93 7/1 20-21; w90 11/1 10-15, 18-28; si 94; w89 1/1 22; rs 270
government work: w90 11/1 20-21
hatred: it-1 1043; w11 12/1 25
Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament): ijwfq article 32
helping neighbors: w86 10/1 22-24
holiday customs: w87 6/15 20
interested people: w88 11/15 12-13, 16
interfaith: scl 60-62; w88 3/15 9
Jehovah’s name: w25.05 26-31
Jesus’ blood: it-1 346
killing in self-defense: g87 11/22 28
maledictions: it-2 301
material things: w15 5/15 16-17; w87 2/1 19-20
medical treatment: ijwbq article 39; w23.02 25; w23.07 24-25; lvs 255; g 4/13 15; g91 11/22 6-7
military service: w90 6/15 30; w90 7/1 23-25; w90 11/1 26; w86 9/1 19-20
mourning: it-2 447-448; g01 7/8 12-13; w90 10/15 30-31; g87 8/8 11
music: g93 6/8 8-9; w89 6/1 28-29
New Year’s celebrations: g86 12/22 20-21
oaths: w22.04 28-29; it-2 517-518; w12 10/15 27-28; w03 1/15 21
oneself: w22.05 23-25; w19.05 24-25; w19.12 28; w00 11/15 19-20; w89 4/15 24
own nation: g 8/09 5; re 191-192; w89 1/1 22-23; w87 9/15 19-20
own works: w05 6/1 14-19
Passover: ijwbq article 132
persecution: scl 41, 91-92; w22.12 20; bt 40-41, 60-61; lff lesson 59; w19.02 10-11; it-2 610-611; rr 76; jy 124; w14 9/15 13-14; jr 84-85; w09 2/15 10; w05 12/15 23-24; w04 11/1 13-18; w03 10/1 14; w02 2/1 16-17; w02 11/1 19; yb02 3-4, 192, 203-204, 220-221, 227; w01 6/1 15; w01 6/15 20; w01 7/15 16-17, 19-20; rs 118-119; w87 6/15 30-31; w86 6/1 28-29
personal resources: w94 12/1 14-16
personal rights: it-1 1160; w09 2/15 19-21; g05 10/8 27; w04 9/1 11-13
philanthropic works: w90 8/15 18
political work: g04 1/8 27; w90 11/1 20-21
pollution: w93 1/1 31; w93 2/15 5-6
poor people: scl 14; mwb21.07 4; od 126-128; g88 12/22 6
prominence: w18.07 8-9; jy 252; w12 5/15 29; gt chapter 109; w90 2/15 8; w86 9/1 28-30
public welfare assistance: w86 10/15 18
race: scl 109; w18.08 9-10; w17.08 23; w89 5/15 31; w88 5/15 10-20; w87 9/15 19-20
reform movements: w25.09 10-12; scl 110
reproach: w19.03 12-13; w95 4/1 26-29
revolutions: w90 11/1 18-19, 21-22
Sabbath observance: ijwbq article 88; it-2 832; w10 2/1 13-14; w93 2/15 27-29; rs 345-352
sacred things: w88 6/15 10-15
self-defense: ijwbq article 179; g 9/10 11; g 6/08 10-11; g95 9/22 12-14; g91 7/8 12-13
sexual immorality: re 48-52; w89 11/1 10-15; w87 9/15 13-14; g87 11/22 19-20; w86 1/1 12-14; w86 10/1 11
sharing residences: w10 2/15 22-23
slavery: it-2 979; g01 9/8 21
social institutions: si 242
tattoos: ijwbq article 50
taxes: w11 9/1 21-23; g03 12/8 10-11; w94 11/15 26-28; w90 11/1 24-25; rs 270; g86 11/8 26-27
Ten Commandments: ijwbq article 151; mwb20.08 7; it-2 1087; w89 11/15 5-6; rs 347-349; g88 5/8 22-23
tithing: ijwbq article 170; it-2 1110-1111; w09 8/1 30; jd 182-183; w03 12/1 17; w02 12/1 4-6; w92 12/1 14-16; w91 12/1 30-31
tradition: it-2 1119
tribulation: it-2 1126; w14 9/15 13
unbelievers: w06 3/15 30-31; g 3/06 30; w03 7/15 15-20; w98 12/1 10, 14-15; g97 9/8 12-13
violence: mwb25.07 15; g88 5/8 20; tp 152-153
war: mrt articles 48, 59; scl 53, 112-113; w22.10 29-31; it-2 1170; lvs 62-63; g17.5 10; w15 11/1 6-7; lv 53; w13 7/1 5; g 8/11 22-23; w09 8/1 7; w09 10/1 29-31; g02 5/8 21; gf 19; w99 10/1 11; g97 5/8 22-23; g94 10/22 6-7; rs 271-273; w88 4/15 16-17; w86 9/1 18-20
wealth: it-2 805-806; g 9/10 30; w87 12/15 19-20
world: scl 17; w12 5/1 4, 6-9; w07 12/15 14; w02 3/1 14-15; w02 11/1 17; w97 11/1 8-13; g97 9/8 12-13; w93 7/1 12-23; w89 7/15 11; rs 437-438; w88 6/15 15-20
baptism: ijwbq article 110; w20.03 2-13; w18.03 3-7; it-1 250-254; bhs 185-196; bh 174-183; w12 4/1 16-17; w06 4/1 21-30; w02 7/15 19-20; wt 110-116, 118-119
becoming a Christian: od 204-205; jy 196-197; gt chapter 84; w89 1/1 8-9
sacrifices and rewards: w94 9/1 29-31
being transformed (Ro 12:2): ijwbv article 16; w23.01 8-13; wp22.1 10; w16.05 18-22; w13 9/15 17-21
Bible terms for: it-1 440; jv 149
“sheep”: w96 7/15 21-22
“slaves”: it-2 980; w13 10/15 12-16; w05 3/15 15-20; w98 3/15 15-16; w97 6/15 32; w97 12/1 21; w88 6/15 31
“soldiers”: scl 17; w19.11 17; it-2 986; w98 3/15 22-23; w91 1/15 31
blood forbidden: it-1 345-346; lvs 91-92; bhs 139-141; w14 11/15 10-12; bh 129-131; lv 77; w04 6/15 20-21; rs 70-72
commission: bt 7-8; w21.07 2-3; w20.11 2-3, 5-7; w07 3/15 14; w00 2/15 22, 24
“be witnesses of me” (Ac 1:8): w25.05 27; ijwbv article 51; scl 18; bt 2, 16-17; w14 7/15 28-32; w10 2/1 30; be 275-278; jv 26
excuses some give for not fulfilling: w10 10/15 12-15
factors favoring fulfillment in first century: w15 2/15 19-23
factors favoring fulfillment in modern times: w15 2/15 24-28
“make disciples” (Mt 28:19, 20): ijwfq article 47; cf 87-91, 93-97; w21.07 2-3, 5-7; w20.01 2-3; w20.11 2-3, 5-6; w18.03 9; it-1 628; mwb18.04 8; w15 11/15 26-27; w07 11/15 21-30; w06 2/1 22-23; w04 7/1 8-19; w03 11/15 18-23; km 10/01 8; jv 26-27
conduct: scl 21-25; w09 12/15 12-14; bm 29; w08 5/15 5-6; w02 11/1 9-14; kl 118-129; jv 172-187; si 222-223; om 127-137
between the sexes: yp 192-197; g86 3/22 17-19; g86 4/22 10-12
witnessing by: scl 66; w19.08 16-17; w14 3/15 5-6; w13 5/15 10-12; w95 9/1 14-15; br78 21
conflict between God’s law and sin’s law: w24.03 9; cl 261; it-1 727; it-2 305, 404-405, 1169; w16.05 19-20; w16.12 10-12; w13 4/15 13-14; w11 11/15 11; wt 44; w01 3/15 10-19; w97 12/1 11; pe 217-226
disciples of Christ: scl 18; it-1 628-629; w12 3/1 3
discipline received: it-1 629; w86 5/1 28; tp 109-111
purpose: it-1 629
discussion: scl 17-18; it-1 439-442
disowning oneself: w24.03 3, 9; w17.04 5; w16.03 7; w05 3/15 11-12; w93 6/1 9
during centuries of apostasy: od 17-18; rr 98-99; w13 7/15 10; w12 1/15 7-8; w12 4/15 32; w10 3/15 21; re 57; w94 5/1 23-24; jv 44; g89 12/22 17-19
during last days:
contrast with world: w18.01 27-31
enemies of: it-1 726-727
evangelizers: w13 5/15 3-4; w92 9/1 16-22
false Christians: scl 18
freedom: scl 48; it-1 871-872; w12 7/15 10-11; wt 41-49; w92 6/1 12-15
relative freedom: it-1 871; w06 10/1 9; w02 11/1 13
wise use of: w92 6/1 15-20
friendship with Jesus: w20.04 20-25; jy 276; w09 10/15 13, 15-17
fruitage: w18.05 13-15; w90 2/1 16-17; yb90 3-4
‘bearing fruit with endurance’ (Lu 8:15): w18.05 12-16; w08 6/15 14-15; w03 2/1 21; yb90 254-255
illustration of vine (Joh 15): w18.05 14-15, 17-19; jy 276; km 6/07 1; w06 6/15 18-19; w04 1/1 9; w03 2/1 18-23; w02 2/1 17-18; gt chapter 116
“keep bearing much fruit” (Joh 15:8): w18.05 17-21
God’s glory reflected by: it-1 964, 1185; w12 5/15 23-27; w05 8/15 14-24; w04 3/15 16-17; w90 7/15 16-18; w90 9/15 26
grooming: w23.07 24; od 134-135; w18.07 25; it-1 1021; lvs 64-66; w17.01 24-25; w16.09 17; lv 56-58; w06 4/15 14; w03 12/1 22-23; be 131-133; w01 1/15 5; w88 8/15 17; w87 9/15 14-15
guidance beyond Law needed: w16.03 20-21
hated by others: scl 50; w21.03 20-25, 30; g 5/11 20-21; w05 1/1 11
how Jehovah helps: w20.11 12-17
identification: w23.03 26-31; scl 17; lff lesson 18; w12 3/1 3-9; w10 1/15 12-16; w10 2/1 17; g 3/08 9; lr 214; w00 10/15 22; yb90 4; rs 203-204, 328-330
not belief in Trinity: w10 2/1 22
not miraculous gifts: ijwbq article 150; ol 22, 24; rs 158-160, 400, 403-404
identity as: scl 17; w13 8/15 6-7; w05 2/15 12-22
inconveniences expected: it-2 494
individual efforts count: km 3/00 1
Jesus the example for: cf 9; scl 21; w22.03 9-11; w15 2/15 5-14; w11 3/15 11; w10 2/15 27; w08 12/1 4-7; km 9/07 4; w05 1/1 7-12; w02 3/15 8-13; w01 1/1 31; w01 12/15 15-20; w00 7/1 19-20; w98 11/15 12-14; kl 170-171; w86 9/1 3-6; w86 12/1 10-20
children: cf 36-38; w20.10 29-31; bh 141-142; w09 7/15 11; w07 2/15 24-26
discernment: w15 2/15 12-14
elders: w22.02 22; w86 12/1 11-15
focused on purpose: w15 10/15 20-22
giving counsel: w25.07 10; re 34; w86 9/15 16
husbands: w25.01 10; w15 1/1 10-12; w12 7/15 30; w11 5/15 7-8; w89 5/15 11-13; w86 12/1 19; tp 136-137
love: ijwbq article 134; w23.03 30-31; cf 136-138, 148-149, 158-160, 163, 165, 167-171, 176-181; w22.03 10; w19.01 29; w92 2/15 13-18
men: w86 12/1 19-20
preaching work: w19.04 10-11; w88 1/1 20-21; w86 6/1 22-23
promises kept: w12 10/15 28
refreshing others: w19.09 21, 23; w07 11/15 15-17
response to injustice: w25.09 9-12
‘revealing the Father’ (Lu 10:22): w12 4/15 3-7
selflessness: w86 7/1 19
single people: w87 11/15 17
speech: w86 8/15 23
watchfulness: w12 2/15 3-7
wives: w21.02 11; w86 12/1 18-19
women: w12 9/1 8-11; w86 12/1 13-14
working in harmony with prayers: w87 7/15 17
worship: w08 9/15 26-27
youths: cf 62; w20.10 29-31; w02 11/15 12-13; km 6/95 1; w94 7/1 22; w90 8/1 6-7; w87 8/15 13; w86 9/1 4; g86 10/22 19
Jubilee for: w87 1/1 21-27
“law of the Christ” (Ga 6:2): cl 153-156; w19.05 2-7; it-2 221, 224; w15 3/15 29; jr 174-175; w08 8/15 26; w06 5/1 29-30; w99 9/15 22-26
“life in yourselves” (Joh 6:53): w08 4/15 31; w03 9/15 30-31
light bearers: it-2 254; w93 1/15 8-13; w91 8/1 12-13, 16-19
“light of the world” (Mt 5:14-16): cf 121; it-2 196; w12 5/1 8-9; w08 5/15 5-6; w02 2/1 30-31; w93 1/15 11; w91 8/1 13; rs 438
“little ones” (Mt 18:6, 10, 14; Mr 9:42; Lu 17:2): w21.06 21; w15 2/15 8
living in harmony with beliefs: scl 17, 21
manners: w09 11/15 24-29; w89 6/15 10-20
conventions: km 5/91 4-5
field ministry: w09 11/15 26-27
meaning of term: mrt article 130; lff lesson 18; it-1 440-441; nwt 1695; g 4/07 26-27; w00 6/1 3
“mind of Christ” (1Co 2:16): w22.03 9; w18.02 22; w10 10/15 4-5; w08 7/15 27; w07 8/1 4-7; w00 2/15 10-25
ministers: w18.10 11-12; it-2 408-409; w00 11/15 15-20; g00 7/8 26-27
ordination: w01 1/15 12; w00 11/15 15-19; w88 6/15 28-31
ministry: it-2 410
no retirement: it-2 794; km 6/03 5
name Christian: scl 17; w00 6/1 7; jv 149-150
“by divine providence” (Ac 11:26): bt 74; it-1 440; w00 7/15 25-26; jv 149-150; w90 6/1 19
neutrality: cf 41, 43; scl 52-53; w22.05 11; lff lesson 45; w18.06 4-7; it-2 1170; lvs 61-63, 97, 244; w16.04 27-31; w15 7/15 22-26; lv 51-53, 55, 82-83; w06 5/1 31; w02 11/1 14-19; wt 71-72, 162-164, 166; kl 124; w90 2/1 16-17; w90 7/1 23-25; w90 11/1 26; sh 345-348; rs 269-276; w88 5/1 18-19; w86 9/1 17-22
video Lessons From The Watchtower—Remain Neutral in a Divided World: lff lesson 45
videos True Christians Are Neutral: lff lesson 45
video Why True Christians Need Courage—To Maintain Neutrality: w24.07 4; lff lesson 45
never alone: w25.04 20-25
new personality: w23.01 10-11; w22.03 8-12; mwb19.07 2; it-2 305; w17.08 22-26; w08 11/15 3-5
no breaking point: w10 2/15 19
“no part of the world”: scl 17; lvs 60-70; lv 50-61; w12 3/1 5; w12 5/1 4, 6-7; w10 1/15 14-15; w07 12/15 14; w06 3/15 30; w05 7/15 29-30; w02 2/1 16-17; w02 11/1 14-19; wt 159-164, 166; w97 11/1 13-18; kl 123-126; jv 30; pe 188-189, 212-216; rs 437
comments of historian Will Durant: w12 3/1 5; w88 7/15 20
favorable dealings with people: w93 7/1 18-23
how Jehovah’s reminders help: w00 12/1 18
John 17:14, 16: it-2 1209-1210; rr 135-136; jy 280-281; w12 5/1 4; re 15; w02 11/1 14; gt chapter 116; w90 9/15 8-9; w88 5/1 18-19; w88 10/1 28-29; w87 6/15 29-30; tp 117-128
not aloof: g97 9/8 12-13
not antisocial: g97 9/8 12
not isolated from world: w12 5/1 4
Witnesses reflect early Christians: w93 7/1 12-17
not all called to heavenly life: scl 18; w11 6/1 12; rs 164-168
not expected to give up all possessions (Mr 10:21): cf 7
not immune from depression: w90 3/1 5
not immune from disasters, accidents, violence: g91 2/8 12-13; w87 12/15 22-25; g87 10/8 8-9; w86 1/1 10; g86 5/8 15; g86 8/8 7
not immune from hardships: w91 10/1 13-14
not immune from problems: cl 72-73
not pacifists: g97 5/8 22-23
not scattered in various churches: scl 18; rs 283
not tiring out: w13 4/15 27; w95 3/1 17; w89 1/1 9; w89 12/15 10-15; w86 1/15 15-20
number of professed: w12 3/1 3
obligations to family members: w23.08 28; w18.08 24; w87 6/1 13-14; w87 6/15 24-27
persecution of: scl 41, 53, 90-91; lff lesson 59; it-2 610-611; w04 8/15 12-17; w03 10/1 9-19; w02 2/1 16-17; w02 3/1 14
hated on account of Jesus’ name (Mt 24:9): it-2 61-62
identifying mark: w90 1/1 12
Jesus’ example in responding to: w05 1/1 10-11
reasons for: w14 11/15 15; w02 3/1 14
reproach: it-2 780
position more awesome than Hebrews’ at Sinai (Heb 12): w89 12/15 14-15, 22
prayer:
postures: it-1 216
preaching: lff lessons 18, 21; it-2 672-674; w88 1/1 20-24
Jesus’ example and directives: w19.04 10-11; w92 2/15 15-18; w88 1/1 20-21; w86 6/1 22-23
obligation to share in: scl 18, 96, 99; cl 161; lff lesson 21; it-2 672; w15 3/15 28-29; jr 167; w08 1/15 4; re 158-159; w02 1/1 8-13; g02 6/8 12-13; jt 30-31; w92 6/1 15-16; w92 6/15 12-22; w91 1/15 13-15; w91 12/15 25-28; sh 247-248; om 6, 81-83; w88 1/1 21-22; w88 8/1 27-29
priorities in hectic life: w10 10/15 13; km 7/10 1; km 2/03 8; g87 2/22 8-9
privileges: km 8/07 1
public service: w00 11/15 11-12
readjustment needed: w20.11 18-23; w90 11/1 29-31
requirements: mrt article 130; it-1 440-441; g 4/07 26-27; w03 2/1 8-23; w99 9/15 21-26
responding to Jehovah’s love: w25.01 29-31; w15 8/15 13; w90 12/1 15-20
sacrifices: w24.02 15-16; ia 28-29; w12 1/15 21-25; w11 2/15 15-16; w09 10/15 3; w07 4/1 19-20; w07 7/1 23; w02 7/1 13; ip-2 310; w89 12/15 20-25; w87 12/1 18; g87 8/22 12-15
for the Kingdom: w13 12/15 11-15
humanitarian works: w89 12/15 23-24
“living” (Ro 12:1): w12 1/15 21; g90 11/8 27
outweighed by rewards: w94 9/1 29-31
“sacrifice of praise” (Heb 13:15): w12 1/15 23; w11 2/15 15-16; w07 4/1 20; w03 5/1 28-29; w03 12/1 17; w00 8/15 20-21; w89 12/15 20-21, 23-24
services performed: w00 11/15 10-15
spirit shown: w12 10/15 12-16; w87 8/1 26-29
missionary spirit: w16.03 23-24
stewards: km 6/98 3
teachers: w22.01 30; it-2 1073-1074; km 11/08 4; w02 2/15 24-28; w02 6/15 17-18; w02 8/15 10-20; w02 9/1 8-13, 19-24; be 56-61; w00 7/1 12; w99 3/15 10-20
trained by Jehovah: w12 8/1 30; w02 10/1 28-31; w87 6/15 28-31
trust in Jehovah: it-2 494
use of language: it-2 204
value of Mosaic Law: w16.03 20
warfare: scl 53, 113; w21.03 29-30; w19.11 19; it-1 842; w99 10/1 11-12
against false teachings: it-2 1169-1170
against wicked spirits: w18.05 27; it-2 1169; w07 3/15 27-30; w04 9/15 10-15; wt 70-78
“fine fight of the faith” (1Ti 6:12): w04 2/15 26-30
not fleshly: it-2 1169; w90 7/1 23-25; rs 271
whether breach with Jews can be healed: g91 6/22 3-8
whether Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians: ijwfq article 7
witnesses of Jehovah: scl 17; w95 9/1 13-18; jv 26-27
witnesses of Jesus: ijwbv article 51; scl 18; km 11/02 1; jv 26
wrongdoing:
avoiding: w88 6/15 15-20
help for one involved in: w25.09 4-6; w24.08 21-23; lff lesson 57; w17.11 10; w88 2/15 20; w88 11/15 14
one’s own children: fy 85-87; w86 8/15 14-15
Qualities
cleanness: mwb20.12 5; od 131-135; mwb19.10 8; it-1 480-481; lvs 104-113; lv 86-96; w10 7/15 18-19; w09 8/15 22; w02 2/1 5-7; w02 6/1 18-23; rq 18-19
basis in Jesus’ blood: it-1 481
requirement: lff lesson 40; it-1 481; it-2 1133; w00 8/15 19-20; w89 6/1 10-20; w87 11/1 10-20
communicators: w91 9/1 18-19
courage: w19.01 22-24
example of Zadok: w24.07 2-7
endurance: w03 2/1 8-13; w90 9/1 29-31
faith: it-1 805
firm yet flexible: w00 12/15 25; w88 9/15 28-30
generosity: it-1 918-919; w17.07 9; w15 6/15 4-5; w13 6/15 14-15
godly devotion: scl 23; w90 3/1 10-14
goodness: it-1 986
holiness: ijwbq article 137; w21.12 2, 4-7, 15; od 130; it-1 1130-1131; w14 11/15 8-17; w08 5/15 26-28; w87 11/1 10-11, 13-15; w86 5/1 15-20; w86 7/1 25-26
honesty: ijwyp article 47; mrt article 130; w16.06 28-31; w16.12 11-12; w88 2/15 4-7; w87 11/15 5; w86 11/15 11-14; tp 111-116; g86 12/22 25-26
hospitality: w20.03 28-29; od 136-137; w18.03 14-18; it-1 74-75, 1150-1151; w17.10 9-10; w16.01 9-10; w12 2/15 19; w05 1/15 21-23; w96 10/1 14-19
humility: w25.03 10-11; w25.07 23-24; bt 159; mwb20.07 8; it-1 1160; w17.08 25; w09 10/15 4-5; w05 1/1 7-9
industriousness: it-1 1198-1199
joy: it-2 120
kindness: mrt article 130
long-suffering: it-2 264; w01 11/1 16
love for others: mrt article 130; scl 50; lff lesson 18; it-2 276-277; w15 11/15 25; w90 2/1 21-23; pe 232
maturity: w24.09 9-10; scl 76; it-2 355; w15 9/15 3-7; w01 8/1 12-17; w00 8/15 26-29; w00 12/15 20-21
morality: mrt article 130; it-1 863-864; w06 11/15 5-7; w02 6/15 17-22; w88 5/1 17-18; w87 10/15 4-7; w87 11/1 18-20
not ascetics: g97 10/8 21
not fanatics: w87 7/15 28-31
obedience: w16.11 11-12; w90 10/1 30-31
whether always proper: w88 4/1 28-30
peace enjoyed by: w97 1/15 11-12; w91 3/1 17-25; w87 3/15 10-20
‘be found in peace’ (2Pe 3:14): w03 7/15 14-15
“I give you my peace” (Joh 14:27): ijwbv article 29; w18.05 20-21; jy 275; w09 10/15 9; w97 4/15 12
“peace of God” (Php 4:7): w25.08 3-4; ijwbv article 13; w24.01 21-22; w22.01 19; w22.12 16, 21; w18.10 28; w17.08 8-12; w09 7/1 11-12; w08 3/15 13-14; g01 7/22 14-15; w00 7/15 6; w88 2/15 16-18
with Jehovah: it-2 592; w11 8/15 24-25; w87 4/15 10-20; w86 5/1 19; ws 9-12
steadfastness: w23.07 14-19; w03 5/15 21-24
thankfulness: w19.12 28-29; w17.12 26; km 4/08 1; w03 12/1 14-19; w88 7/1 7-12
truthfulness: w22.04 9; w18.10 9-10; w03 8/1 14-19
watchfulness: w23.02 14, 16-19; w18.06 24-25; it-1 899; w16.07 13-17; w12 1/15 9-13; w12 9/15 23-27; w11 10/15 3-5; w10 7/15 6; w03 1/1 17-22; w03 12/15 14-24; w00 1/15 9-14; w94 5/1 21-26; w93 6/1 14-15
wholeheartedness: mwb22.11 8
not looking ‘at things behind’ (Lu 9:61, 62): it-2 649; w12 3/15 25-26; w12 4/15 15-16
zeal: w87 7/15 30-31
Quotations
life of, not an initial spasm followed by chronic inertia: w90 3/1 11
no Christian can war against another Christian: g93 4/22 6
Relationship Among
accepting assistance: w23.10 15; w20.11 15-17; w09 7/15 29
according dignity: w98 4/1 30
avoiding jealousy: w17.11 27
avoiding warlike spirit: scl 113
believing one another: it-2 278
brotherhood: w18.06 9-10; it-1 200, 369; w11 2/15 19-20; w10 2/15 25-26; w10 10/15 17; w02 11/1 14; w98 7/15 32; w95 1/15 13-14; w95 12/1 15-17; jv 204; w92 11/15 20; rs 327
building one another up: w23.06 11-12; w22.08 20-25; w18.09 12-16; w10 6/15 10-14; km 3/08 1; km 9/05 7; be 203-205
business relationships: w21.12 9-10; lvs 192-193; w86 11/15 15-20
closeness: w25.04 14-19
closing ranks: w13 11/15 14
compassion: w23.07 4, 6; w21.09 22-23
concern for one another: od 165-167; w07 6/15 20
cooperation: w16.03 13-17
disappointments: w24.03 14-16; scl 34; w10 6/15 14
discernment: w15 2/15 14
discussion: w20.04 14-19; jy 225; w07 12/15 13-14; jd 111-123; gt chapter 96; si 209; w89 8/1 9
employer-employee relationships: scl 83; w87 3/15 5; w86 11/15 17-18; tp 135-136
encouraging one another: foa article 7; mwb25.05 8; scl 22, 37-39; w21.05 24; w21.07 23-24; w21.12 30; lff lesson 51; w19.03 9; mwb19.07 3; w18.04 20-24; w16.11 4-8; w13 8/15 18-22; jr 88-91; w96 7/15 17; w95 1/15 21-23; w95 4/1 18-20; w90 12/15 15-20
expressing appreciation: w19.02 18
forgiving one another: w25.04 17; cf 168-169; scl 46, 103, 106; w22.06 9-10; cl 188; w21.06 22-23; w21.09 23-24; lff lesson 56; w20.07 24-25; w19.11 6; od 197; w18.01 15-16; it-1 862; w17.06 17-18; w17.10 10-11; w17.11 27; w16.01 15-16; w16.05 4-5; w16.06 27; w15 10/1 15; rj 8-9; w13 6/15 20-21; w12 10/15 16; g 3/12 10; w10 3/15 13; w10 5/15 31-32; w10 6/15 24; w08 5/15 9; w07 9/15 29; w07 10/1 30; jd 113-114; w05 9/15 23-24; w00 2/1 26-27; w00 7/1 32; w99 10/15 12-17; w97 12/1 15-20; w95 7/15 22; w91 2/15 20
“friends” (3Jo 14): it-1 873; w08 12/15 29
friendship: w25.02 28-29; ijwyp article 64; mwb25.05 14; w24.07 27-28; mwb22.03 8; w21.06 11; w19.11 2-7; w09 10/15 17-21; w07 1/1 11; g 7/07 11-12; w04 10/1 17-18
generosity: w21.09 23; w20.03 17
helping elderly and infirm: w18.08 24
helping full-time servants: w19.08 23-24
helping one another: w24.07 4-6; w20.11 15-17; w19.11 7; w14 6/15 24-25, 27; w11 3/15 21; w09 4/15 9; w09 9/15 18-20; w06 6/15 23; w04 12/15 15-17, 21-22; km 11/04 1; km 6/02 1; w00 12/15 14-19
during dangerous times: w24.07 5-6
during economic crises: ijwex article 24
to reach full potential: mwb23.09 3; w14 6/15 28-32
honor for one another: w25.04 16-17; it-2 782; w17.10 9; w10 10/15 16-20; w08 10/15 24-25; w02 11/15 18-19; w00 6/15 21-22; w00 8/15 24
impartiality: w20.03 27-28; it-1 1194; rr 217; w17.08 26; w13 6/15 11; w05 9/15 14-15; w03 6/15 14-22; w02 11/15 15-16; w96 11/15 25-27
interdependency: w02 11/15 9-14
irritating personalities: w23.03 30-31; w23.07 7; w20.04 17-18
jealousy for fellow Christians: it-1 1259-1260; w02 10/15 31
knowing one another: w20.04 16-18
looking for good in one another: cf 54-55; w03 6/15 21-22
video Become More Beautiful!: lff lesson 56
love for one another: w25.04 14-19; w23.01 29; w23.07 6-7, 9-13; w23.09 28-29; w23.11 8-13; cf 177-180; cl 300-309; w21.01 10-12; lff lesson 18; w20.02 9; w19.08 9-10; od 197; w18.01 16; w18.07 26; w18.09 12-16; it-2 275-277; w17.05 21; w16.01 15; w15 11/15 23-24; w10 9/15 12-13, 19-20; w09 7/15 14; w09 11/15 20-24; w09 12/15 14; w06 12/1 27-28; kp 28-31; w03 2/1 13-18; w03 3/15 5-6; lr 222-226; w02 2/1 15-16; wt 144-150; w01 1/1 15-16; w01 9/15 18-19; w99 9/15 22-25; kl 163-167; w91 10/1 21-22; w90 2/1 16; w90 12/1 18-19; sh 344; pe 231-237; w88 10/1 10-14; w86 6/1 6-7; w86 7/15 12; w86 10/1 11-12
aid in enduring hatred: w21.03 22-23
brotherly love: w16.01 7-11
“desirable things of all the nations” (Hag 2:7): w95 1/15 13
identifying mark: w23.03 26-31; cf 177; cl 301; w16.06 24; w15 11/15 23-24; jy 276; w12 3/1 6; w10 1/15 15-16; w09 6/1 14; w09 11/15 20; bm 29; w03 2/1 13-14; w99 2/15 22; rq 26; jv 30, 710-712; gt chapter 116; w89 5/1 27-28; rs 329
inappropriateness of expression “I may have to love them, but I do not have to like them”: w18.01 16
“intensely from the heart” (1Pe 1:22): w23.09 29; w21.01 22; w20.03 24-29
neutrality implied by: w90 2/1 16-17; sh 344-348
not abandoning distressed ones: mwb23.11 5
not equally close to all: w21.01 23-24; w04 10/1 18
ones suffering emotional distress: w18.09 14-16
tender affection: w21.01 20-25; w18.09 16; w10 10/15 17; w09 7/15 14; w04 10/1 14-19
video series Display Unfailing Love in the Congregation: mwb24.07 7
when wronged: w22.06 9-10; mwb19.03 2
willingness to die for one another: ijwbv article 32
loyal love (loving-kindness): w21.11 8-13; w10 8/15 24-25
loyalty: w13 6/15 18
material assistance: mwb21.07 4; od 126-128; it-1 918-919, 939-940; it-2 410; g 2/13 14; kp 30-31; w01 6/15 10-11; w90 12/1 18-19; w88 7/15 21-23; w87 6/1 8-13; w86 10/15 10-11, 17-21
“ministering to one another” (1Pe 4:10): w09 1/15 13-14
not discouraging others from making sacrifices: mwb19.01 2
not focusing on imperfections: w19.08 10
not judging: cl 161-164; w21.12 19-21; w20.04 14-19; jy 90; w10 4/15 15; w08 3/15 26-27; w08 5/15 9-10; w05 6/1 13; w02 11/15 18; w01 11/15 22-23; w97 11/15 20-21; w96 3/15 22-23; w89 11/1 29
video Remove the Rafter: lff lesson 56
not meddling (1Ti 5:13): w07 6/15 20
not neglecting: w11 3/15 21-22
not stumbling fellow Christians: w22.08 22; w21.06 20-23; w20.04 28-29; w19.08 10-12
overlooking offenses: w24.03 14-16; w23.03 31; scl 106
peace: w23.01 29; w21.07 15; w20.03 24-27; it-2 592; w17.10 10; w11 8/15 23-31; w91 3/1 21-25; gt chapter 35; w87 3/15 19; w86 5/1 19-20; w86 10/15 8
personal interest in one another: w25.04 29; w21.06 11-12; w20.03 17; w14 6/15 30; w89 11/15 15-20
poor Christians: mwb21.07 5
praying for one another: w25.10 24-29
rejoicing together: w11 10/15 5-7
relief work: w23.07 4, 6; w22.08 24; kr 209-210, 212-213, 216-217
respect: w25.09 17-18; w23.07 23-25; w10 10/15 16-18
spiritual family: w21.09 22-24
trust: cf 54-55, 169-171; w22.09 2-7; w00 2/15 18-20; w97 3/1 27-28
unity: lff lesson 56; od 139-140, 162-168; w18.06 3-12, 23-24; rr 94; w17.08 23; w16.06 21-22; w16.11 12-13; w15 9/15 6; w12 7/15 27-31; w10 5/15 32; w10 9/15 12-20; w09 10/15 5; w05 1/1 4-6; w04 3/1 5-7; w03 7/15 6-7; km 12/03 1; w02 11/15 14-19; km 7/02 4; w96 7/15 10-20; w90 11/15 24; w88 5/15 15-20; w88 8/15 28-30
despite personal choices: w04 9/1 8-13
Jesus’ prayer for (Joh 17:11, 21-23): w18.06 8; w15 9/15 6; w13 10/15 29-30
meetings enhance: w16.04 20
not uniformity: g03 5/8 26-27; g98 2/8 13-15
prophetic illustration (Eze 37): rr 92-94, 133-136
when disturbed: scl 29, 105-106; w21.06 21; lff lesson 56; w20.03 25-27; w18.01 9-11; w17.11 27; w16.04 6-7, 11-12; w16.11 14-15; mwb16.10 6; w12 7/15 28-29; w10 6/15 21-22; w08 12/15 10; w06 6/15 26; w02 8/15 22-23, 28; w02 9/15 18; w97 9/15 22; w95 7/15 22
when mental distress afflicts: w88 10/15 25-29; w88 11/15 21-24
when upset with a fellow Christian: w23.03 30
working together: w21.12 28-30; w16.01 30-31; w14 6/15 32