John 17:11
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11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.(A)
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Proverbs 18:10
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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)
Matthew 6:9
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9 “Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be revered as holy.
John 17:12-18
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12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that[a] you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost,[b] so that the scripture might be fulfilled.(A) 13 But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.[c] 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.(B) 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.[d](C) 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.(D)
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Hebrews 9:24
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24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.(A)
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John 17:21-22
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21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[a] so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(A) 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one,(B)
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- 17.21 Other ancient authorities read be one in us
John 10:29-30
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29 My Father, in regard to what he has given me, is greater than all,[a] and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.(A) 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10.29 Other ancient authorities read What my Father has given me is greater than all else or My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
Ephesians 4:4
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4 there is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,(A)
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John 13:1
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Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
13 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.(A)
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John 17:25
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25 “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.(A)
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Romans 15:5-6
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5 May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,(A) 6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 4:8
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8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,
“Holy, holy, holy,
the Lord God the Almighty,
who was and is and is to come.”(A)
1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.(A)
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1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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James 4:4
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4 Adulterers![a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(A)
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- 4.4 Gk Adulterous women; other ancient authorities read Adulterous men and women
Hebrews 1:3
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3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[a] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for[b] sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,(A)
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Philippians 2:9
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9 Therefore God exalted him even more highly
and gave him the name
that is above every other name,(A)
Galatians 3:28
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28 There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.(A)
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1 Corinthians 12:12-13
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One Body with Many Members
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.(A) 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.(B)
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1 Corinthians 1:10
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Divisions in the Church
10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.(A)
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Romans 12:5
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5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
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Romans 9:17
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17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I may show my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”(A)
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Acts 3:21
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21 who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.(A)
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Acts 1:9-11
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9 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.(A) 10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.(B) 11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”(C)
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