Unity In The Church

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, — read the full passage →

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

For the body is not one member, but many.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. — read the full passage →

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; — read the full passage →

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, — read the full passage →

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me. — read the full passage →

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,