11 Bible Verses about Church, Unity Of

I have other sheep besides, which do not belong to this fold; I must lead them also, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under 'one Shepherd.'

He it is who is our Peace. He made the two divisions of mankind one, broke down the barrier that separated them,

The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

That they all may be one--that as thou, Father, art in union with us--and so the world may believe that thou hast sent me as thy Messenger.

There is but one Body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your Call.

To fit his People for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the Body of the Christ.

And this shall continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach the ideal man--the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.

For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigor of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.

Since, therefore, you have cast off what is false, 'you must every one of you speak the truth to your neighbors.' For we are united to one another like the parts of a body.

United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.