Philippians 2:1
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Christ's Example of Humility
2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from (A)love, any (B)participation in the Spirit, any (C)affection and sympathy,
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1 John 4:12
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12 (A)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and (B)his love is perfected in us.
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2 Corinthians 13:14
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14 (A)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and (B)the love of God and (C)the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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1 John 4:7-8
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God Is Love
7 Beloved, (A)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (B)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 (C)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (D)God is love.
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Colossians 2:2
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2 that (A)their hearts may be encouraged, being (B)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (C)God's mystery, which is Christ,
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1 Corinthians 12:13
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13 For (A)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—(B)Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and (C)all were made to drink of one Spirit.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:13 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Psalm 133:1
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When Brothers Dwell in Unity
A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.
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- Psalm 133:1 Or dwell together
Ephesians 2:18-22
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18 For (A)through him we both have (B)access in (C)one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer (D)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (E)fellow citizens with the saints and (F)members of the household of God, 20 (G)built on the foundation of the (H)apostles and prophets, (I)Christ Jesus himself being (J)the cornerstone, 21 (K)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (L)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (M)you also are being built together (N)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.
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- Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
- Ephesians 2:22 Or in
Galatians 5:22
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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, (C)kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Galatians 4:6
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6 And because you are sons, God has sent (A)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
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Acts 4:32
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They Had Everything in Common
32 Now the full number of those who believed were of (A)one heart and (B)soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but (C)they had everything in common.
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1 John 3:24
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24 (A)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[a] and God[b] in him. And (B)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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- 1 John 3:24 Greek him
- 1 John 3:24 Greek he
Ephesians 4:30-32
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30 And (A)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, (B)by whom you were sealed for the day of (C)redemption. 31 (D)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 (E)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (F)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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2 Corinthians 1:5-6
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5 For as we share abundantly in (A)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.[a] 6 (B)If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:5 Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
Romans 8:9-16
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9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact (A)the Spirit of God dwells in you. (B)Anyone who does not have (C)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of (D)him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[a] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies (E)through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Heirs with Christ
12 So then, brothers,[b] we are debtors, (F)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you (G)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are (H)led by the Spirit of God are (I)sons[c] of God. 15 For (J)you did not receive (K)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (L)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (M)“Abba! Father!” 16 (N)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
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- Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts lack Jesus
- Romans 8:12 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
- Romans 8:14 See discussion on “sons” in the Preface
John 17:13
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13 But now (A)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have (B)my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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1 John 4:16
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16 So (A)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (B)God is love, and (C)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, (A)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good (B)hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and (C)establish them in every good work and word.
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Philippians 3:3
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3 For (A)we are the circumcision, (B)who worship (C)by the Spirit of God[a] and (D)glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
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- Philippians 3:3 Some manuscripts God in spirit
1 Corinthians 3:16
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16 (A)Do you not know that you[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
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- 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17
Romans 15:12-13
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12 And again Isaiah says,
(A)(B)“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(C)in him will the Gentiles hope.”
13 May the God of hope fill you with all (D)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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Romans 8:26
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26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For (A)we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but (B)the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
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Romans 5:5
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5 and (A)hope does not put us to shame, because God's love (B)has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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Acts 2:46
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46 And day by day, (A)attending the temple (B)together and (C)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food (D)with glad and generous hearts,
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