12 Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.
13 Take care of God's needy people and welcome strangers into your home.
14 Ask God to bless everyone who ill-treats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them.
15 When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.
16 Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are cleverer than others. Make friends with ordinary people.
17 Don't ill-treat someone who has ill-treated you. But try to earn the respect of others,
18 and do your best to live at peace with everyone.