aiSee Rom. 12:16
akSee Rom. 15:33
John 13:34
34 aA new commandment bI give to you, cthat you love one another: djust as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.John 17:21-23
21 ethat they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that fthey also may be in gus, so that the world hmay believe that you have sent me. 22 iThe glory that you have given me jI have given to them, kthat they may be one even as we are one, 23 lI in them and you in me, mthat they may become perfectly one, nso that the world may know that you sent me and oloved them even as pyou loved me.Romans 14:17-19
17 qFor the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but rof righteousness and speace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18Whoever thus serves Christ is tacceptable to God and approved by men. 19So then let us upursue what makes for peace and for vmutual upbuilding.1 Corinthians 1:10
Divisions in the Church
10I appeal to you, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 11, 26
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no xdivisions among you, but that you be united yin the same mind and the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
One Body with Many Members
12For just as zthe body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, aaso it is with Christ. 13For abin one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— acJews or Greeks, slaves ▼▼Or servants; Greek bondservants
or free—and aeall were made to drink of one Spirit. 2 Corinthians 13:11
Final Greetings
11Finally, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
rejoice. agAim for restoration, comfort one another, ▼▼Or listen to my appeal
aiagree with one another, ajlive in peace; and the God of love and akpeace will be with you. Ephesians 4:4
4There is alone body and amone Spirit—just as you were called to the one anhope that belongs to your call—
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