Working Together

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

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

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

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.

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

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,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

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 →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

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 →

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

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;

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me. — read the full passage →

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

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

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

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

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

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

faithful <FI>is<Fi> God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

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

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 →

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

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,

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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

and now, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> many members, and one body; — read the full passage →

and not holding the head, from which all the body--through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together--may increase with the increase of God.

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

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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;

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 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.

As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as <FI>at<Fi> this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

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,

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

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

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,

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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;

And working together also we call upon <FI>you<Fi> that ye receive not in vain the grace of God--

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

Do two walk together if they have not met?

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins; — read the full passage →

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

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,

for your contribution to the good news from the first day till now,

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

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 →

of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

and labour, working with <FI>our<Fi> own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

And himself is the head of the body--the assembly--who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all <FI>things<Fi> --himself--first,

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.

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →

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

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

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 →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

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 the hands of Moses <FI>are<Fi> heavy, and they take a stone, and set <FI>it<Fi> under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

If the whole body <FI>were<Fi> an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?

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

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 Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt, — read the full passage →

yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads <FI>are<Fi> behind all the house of Judah. — read the full passage →

and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →