¹⁰ Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.

¹⁵ Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.

² Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.

² Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. ³ Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. ⁴ For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.

²¹ We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. ²² Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

²³ And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.

²⁷ All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

²⁰ Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.

Divisions in the Church

¹⁰ I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters,^[a] by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.

The Holy Spirit Comes

2 On the day of Pentecost^[a] all the believers were meeting together in one place.