Unity In The Church

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office, — read the full passage →

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

for also the body is not one member, but many;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together! — read the full passage →

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Do two walk together if they have not met?

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah;

in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth--in him;

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

`And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

that with one accord--with one mouth--ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye; — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,

from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members;

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also <FI>is<Fi> the Christ, — read the full passage →

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?

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

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;

that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

that they all may be one, as Thou Father <FI>art<Fi> in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me. — read the full passage →

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light; — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said--`Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee, — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,