A Family Of Believers

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another.

They devoted themselves to the apostles

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God

You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

...then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity!

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.