Ephesians 4:16
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16 (A)from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
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Colossians 2:19
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19 and not holding fast to (A)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, (B)grows with the increase that is from God.
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John 15:5
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5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much (A)fruit; for without Me you can do (B)nothing.
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Colossians 2:2
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2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, [a]both of the Father and of Christ,
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- Colossians 2:2 NU omits both of the Father and
Ephesians 4:12
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12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, (A)for the [a]edifying of (B)the body of Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:12 building up
Ephesians 4:15
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15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the (A)head—Christ—
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,
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- 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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Their Conversion
13 For this reason we also thank God (A)without ceasing, because when you (B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it (C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively (D)works in you who believe.
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Philippians 1:9
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9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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A Brotherly and Orderly Life
9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (A)you yourselves are taught by God (B)to love one another; 10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, (C)that you increase more and more;
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Ephesians 3:17
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17 (A)that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, (B)being rooted and grounded in love,
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1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
Ephesians 3:7
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7 (A)of which I became a minister (B)according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by (C)the effective working of His power.
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Ephesians 1:4
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4 just as (A)He chose us in Him (B)before the foundation of the world, that we should (C)be holy and without blame before Him in love,
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Galatians 5:22
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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (C)goodness, (D)faithfulness,
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Galatians 5:13-14
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1 Corinthians 12:12-28
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Unity and Diversity in One Body(A)
12 For (B)as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, (C)so also is Christ. 13 For (D)by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—(E)whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and (F)have all been made to drink [a]into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now (G)God has set the members, each one of them, in the body (H)just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no [b]schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now (I)you are the body of Christ, and (J)members individually. 28 And (K)God has appointed these in the church: first (L)apostles, second (M)prophets, third teachers, after that (N)miracles, then (O)gifts of healings, (P)helps, (Q)administrations, varieties of tongues.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:13 NU omits into
- 1 Corinthians 12:25 division
1 John 4:16
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16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and (A)he who abides in love abides in God, and God (B)in him.
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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God’s Final Judgment and Glory
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 And may the Lord make you increase and (A)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,
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1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 remembering without ceasing (A)your work of faith, (B)labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
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1 Corinthians 13:4-9
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4 (A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (D)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [b]thinks no evil; 6 (E)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (F)rejoices in the truth; 7 (G)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 (H)For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
Psalm 139:15-16
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15 (A)My [a]frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
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- Psalm 139:15 Lit. bones were
Job 10:10-11
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10 (A)Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
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