'One' in the Bible

God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union with the Christ, the Anointed] have clothed yourselves with Christ [that is, you have taken on His characteristics and values].

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

But at one time, you Gentiles, having no knowledge of God, were slaves to gods which in reality do not exist.

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

But the one by the slave was born according to the impulse of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

For it is written,“Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;For more numerous are the children of the desolateThan of the one who has a husband.”

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

for each one his own burden shall bear.

The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Those who want to make a good impression in public [before the Jews] try to compel you to be circumcised, just so they will escape being persecuted for [faithfulness to] the cross of Christ.

From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body scars for the cause of Jesus.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my brothers and sisters. Amen.

so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

We have also received an inheritance in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,

far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things in every way.

in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus,

not from works, so that no one can boast.

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Now to the one who can do infinitely more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power that is working among us

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

The One who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah,

from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to the working in its measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.

you put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

And do not give way to the Evil One.

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

speaking to one anotherin psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,singing and making musicfrom your heart to the Lord,

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.

And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

In every situation take the shield of faith,and with it you will be able to extinguishall the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and love joined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

always praying joyfully in every one of my prayers for all of you

I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus.

It is right for me to feel this way about you, because [you have me in your heart as] I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the good news [regarding salvation], all of you share in [His matchless] grace with me.

filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God [so that His glory may be both revealed and recognized].

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don’t know which one I should choose.

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it];

Then every tongue in one accord, will say that Jesus the Messiah is Lord, while God the Father praising.

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort -- for the sake of his good pleasure -- is God.

For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests;

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.

though I also have cause of trust in flesh. If any other one doth think to have trust in flesh, I more;

But whatever former things were gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once regarded as advancements in merit] I have come to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has given my life].

But more than that, I count everything as loss compared to the priceless privilege and supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have lost everything, and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain Christ,

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Brethren, vie with one another in imitating me, and carefully observe those who follow the example which we have set you.

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation],

I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to be of one mind, as sisters in Christ.

Let your forbearing spirit be known to every one--the Lord is near.