Preventing Conflict

If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. …

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. …