Paul the minister to the Gentiles

I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.

A church divided over leaders

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

What I mean is this: one of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’; another, ‘I follow Cephas’; still another, ‘I follow Christ.’

For when one says, ‘I follow Paul,’ and another, ‘I follow Apollos,’ are you not mere human beings?

But instead, one brother takes another to court – and this in front of unbelievers!

I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.

To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

Not all flesh is the same: people have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.

There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendour of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendour of the earthly bodies is another.

The sun has one kind of splendour, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendour.

All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Final greetings

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

Life by the Spirit

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

Instructions for Christian households

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.