48 Bible Verses about Unity, Of God's People

But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers. And you must not call anyone on earth your father, for you have only one father, your heavenly Father.

It is not a consciousness of servitude that has been imparted to you, to fill you with fear again, but the consciousness of adoption as sons, which makes us cry, "Abba!" that is, Father. The Spirit itself testifies with our spirits that we are God's children, and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.

to the devoted and steadfast Christian brothers in Colossae; God our Father bless you and give you peace.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves those who are his children.

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light; you who were once "no people" but are now "God's people"; once "unpitied" but now "pitied indeed."

which is the advance installment of our inheritance, so that we may get full possession of it, and praise his glory for it.

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

Does not the consecrated cup which we bless mean that in drinking it we share in the blood of Christ? Does not the bread that we break mean that in eating it we share in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, many as we are, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.

For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function, so, many as we are, we form one body through union with Christ, and we are individually parts of one another.

For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through your faith. For all of you who have been baptized into union with Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

He came with the good news of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near; for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father. So you are no longer foreigners or strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of his family.

For it is under his control that the whole system, adjusted and united by each ligament of its equipment, develops in proportion to the functioning of each particular part, and so builds itself up through love.

Here, what matters is not "Greek" and "Jew," the circumcised and the uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeborn, but Christ is everything and in us all.

For we have all??ews or Greeks, slaves or free men??een baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too, for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter said, "Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

Endowments vary, but the Spirit is the same, and forms of service vary, but it is the same Lord who is served, and activities vary, but God who produces them all in us all is the same.read more.
Each one is given his spiritual illumination for the common good. One man receives through the Spirit the power to speak wisely, another, by the same Spirit, receives the power to express knowledge, another, from his union with the same Spirit receives faith, another, by one and the same Spirit, the ability to cure the sick, another, the working of wonders, another, inspiration in preaching, another, the power of distinguishing the true Spirit from false ones, another, various ecstatic utterances, and another, the ability to explain them. These are all produced by one and the same Spirit, and apportioned to each of us just as the Spirit chooses.

The blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the participation in the holy Spirit be with you all.

and you are yourselves built up into a dwelling for God through the Spirit.

For it is impossible to arouse people to a fresh repentance when they have once for all come into the light and had a taste of the gift from heaven, and shared in the holy Spirit

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope that belongs to the summons you received. There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above us all, pervades us all, and is within us all.

until we all attain unity in faith, and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and reach mature manhood, and that full measure of development found in Christ.

to Titus, my true child in our common faith; God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior bless you and give you peace.

It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life??2 for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us??3 it is what we have seen and heard that we announce to you also, so that you may share our fellowship, for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,

That was the kind of affection we had for you, which made us ready to share with you not only God's good news but our own lives too, because you were so dear to us.

There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.

And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man who has none, and the man who has food must do the same."

The believers all shared everything they had with one another, and sold their property and belongings, and divided the money with all the rest, according to their special needs.

Supply the needs of God's people, be unfailing in hospitality.

They determined to do it, and they really are indebted to them, for if the heathen have shared their spiritual blessings, they ought to do them a service in material ways.

Those who are taught the message must share all their goods with their teacher.

The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce.

By observing one another, let us arouse ourselves to rival one another's love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together as some do, but let us encourage one another, all the more as you can see that the great Day is coming nearer.

My hopes for you are unshaken. For I know that just as surely as you share my sufferings, just so surely you will share my comfort.

But it was very kind of you to share my difficulties.

Make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.

Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest,

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

So you must lay aside falsehood and each tell his neighbor the truth, for we are parts of one another.

I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche to agree together, as Christians.

and you will thank the Father who has entitled you to share the lot of God's people in the realm of light. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the realm of his dear Son, by whom we have been ransomed from captivity through having our sins forgiven.

Let the ruling principle in your hearts be Christ's peace, for in becoming members of one body you have been called under its sway. And you must be thankful.

Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven. For wherever two or three are gathered as my followers, I am there among them."

But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.