What does the Bible say about unity?
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The Bible teaches that Christian unity is a God-given spiritual bond, grounded in the truth of the gospel and expressed through humble, loving fellowship among believers. Jesus Christ makes many members one body, so unity does not require sameness but shared faith, purpose, and submission to God's Word. Ephesians 4:1-6 calls Christians to preserve this unity through humility, patience, and peace. Philippians 2:2 and 1 Peter 3:8 urge believers toward one mind and compassionate love, while 1 Corinthians 1:10 warns against divisive quarrels. Romans 12:4-5 and Acts 4:32 portray the church as one body and heart. Colossians 3:14 teaches that love binds all these graces together.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:10 4 votes
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- 1 Peter 3:8 3 votes
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
- Psalms 133:1 3 votes
See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
- Ephesians 4:3 3 votes
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Philippians 2:2 2 votes
make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
- Romans 12:4-5 2 votes
For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 2 votes
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Colossians 3:14 2 votes
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
- Ephesians 4:1-6 2 votes
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in us all.
- Acts 4:32 2 votes
The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
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