Sunday, November 18 When you received God’s word, . . . you accepted it . . . just as it truthfully is, as the word of God.​—1 Thess. 2:13.

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Sunday, November 18

When you received God’s word, . . . you accepted it . . . just as it truthfully is, as the word of God.—1 Thess. 2:13.

 

Jehovah’s servants highly esteem God’s own holy book, the Bible. Being imperfect, we all receive Scriptural counsel at times. How will we respond to it? Consider the first-century Christians Euodia and Syntyche. Serious problems arose between these anointed women. The problems that existed between Euodia and Syntyche could have disrupted the peace of the whole congregation. The Bible does not tell us the outcome, but these sisters may have responded well to the apostle Paul’s loving counsel. (Phil. 4:2, 3) Similar situations sometimes cause difficulties in congregations of Jehovah’s people today. However, such problems can be solved or even avoided if we apply the counsel found in God’s Word, the Bible. And if we highly esteem Jehovah’s own Book, we will live by its instructions.—Ps. 27:11. w16.11 3:1-3