48 Bible Verses about Unity, Of God's People

"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi'; for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers; "and call no one 'Father' on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!" For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

to the holy and believing brothers in Christ who are in Colosse. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father, loves him also who is the Father's Child.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people, that you may show forth the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light??10 you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

who for the praise of his glory is the pledge of our common heritage, unto the complete redemption of his purchased property.

choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a common participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a common participation in the body of Christ? Because we who are many are one bread, one body, for we all do share in the one loaf.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

and not in behalf of the nation alone, but in order that he might gather into one the widely scattered children of God.

For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function; so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ. For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ. In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near; because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father. Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.

From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

In it that new creation there is no "Greek and Jew," "circumcised and uncircumcised," "barbarian," "Scythian," "slave," "free man," but Christ is all, and in us all.

And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

And all the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; there are various forms of service, and the same Lord; and varieties of work, and the same God, who works in all.read more.
Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit; to one man by the same Spirit is given faith, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling-place of God through his Spirit.

For in the case of those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift,

There is one body and one spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

It is of what has existed from the beginning, of what we have listened to, of what we have seen with our own eyes, of what we have witnessed and touched with our own heads, it is concerning the Logos of Life that we are now writing. And the Life was made visible, and we have seen it and are bearing witness, and are bringing you word of that Eternal Life which was face to face with the Father and was made visible to us. It is what we have seen and heard that we are announcing to you, in order that you also may have partnership with us; and our partnership is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

So in my fond affection it was my joy to give you, not only the gospel of God, but my very life also, because you had become dear to me.

Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.

"If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same."

And all the believers were together, and had all things in common. They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.

Be liberal to needy saints. Practise hospitality.

Yes, it has been made their good pleasure, and their debt, too. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual riches, they owe it to them also to minister to them the Jews in worldly goods.

He, however, who is being taught in the message, should always share with his instructor in all the good things which he possesses.

The farmer who has done the work should be the first to get a share of the crop.

and let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting one another; all the more as you behold the Day drawing near.

My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort.

Notwithstanding, you have acted nobly in making yourselves comrades in my trouble.

and endeavor to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor's good.

So then put away falseness and speak every man the truth to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Euodia I entreat, and I entreat Syntyche, to be of the same mind of the Lord;

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light. For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.

Let the peace of Christ, to which also you were called in one body, rule in your hearts, and show yourselves thankful.

Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

"And again I tell you that if two of you on earth symphonize your praying concerning anything for which you have asked, it shall be done for you by my Father in heaven. "For wherever there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I among them."

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.