Romans 12:10
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10 love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
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John 13:34-35
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34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.(A) 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”(B)
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Hebrews 13:1
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Philippians 2:3
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3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(A)
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1 John 4:11
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11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.(A)
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1 Peter 3:8-9
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Suffering for Doing Right
8 Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.(A) 9 Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.(B)
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers.[a] Fear God. Honor the emperor.(A)
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- 2.17 Gk Love the brotherhood
1 Thessalonians 4:9
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9 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,(A)
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Ephesians 4:1-3
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Unity in the Body of Christ
4 I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,(A) 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,(B) 3 making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace:
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence,[a] but through love become enslaved to one another.(A)
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- 5.13 Gk the flesh
Psalm 133:1
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Psalm 133
The Blessedness of Unity
A Song of Ascents.
1 How very good and pleasant it is
when kindred live together in unity!(A)
Galatians 5:22
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The Fruit of the Spirit
22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,(A)
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1 John 4:20-5:2
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20 Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(A) 21 The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.
Faith Conquers the World
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.(B) 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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- 5.1 Or the Messiah
2 Peter 1:7
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7 and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
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1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
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- 5.5 Or of those who are older
John 15:17
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17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
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Matthew 20:26
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26 It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,(A)
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving
3 We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.(A)
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Romans 13:7
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7 Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
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Acts 4:32
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The Believers Share Their Possessions
32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.(A)
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John 17:21
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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)
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- 17.21 Other ancient authorities read be one in us
Luke 14:10
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10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.(A)
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Job 1:4
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4 His sons used to go and hold feasts in one another’s houses in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
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1 John 3:10-18
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10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.(A)
Love One Another
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.(B) 12 We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.(C) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.(D) 15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.(E) 16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.(F) 17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(G)
18 Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.(H)
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