Ephesians 4:1

Christians Should Live In Unity

¹ So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received, ² with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

Called by God

O God

Ephesians 3:1

This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --

Philippians 1:27

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 2:12

to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.

Romans 12:1

I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

Acts 9:31

So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace, and as it continued to be built up spiritually and to live in reverence for the Lord, it continued to increase in numbers through the encouragement that the Holy Spirit gave.

Romans 8:28-30

Yes, we know that all things go on working together for the good of those who keep on loving God, who are called in accordance with God's purpose.

1 Corinthians 4:16

So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,

2 Corinthians 5:20

So I am an envoy to represent Christ, because it is through me that God is making His appeal. As one representing Christ I beg you, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I appeal to you in person, by the gentleness and fairness of Christ, I, Paul, who am so "condescending when face to face with you, but so courageous toward you when far away!"

Galatians 4:12

I beg you, brothers, take my point of view, just as I took yours. You did me no injustice then.

Ephesians 4:4

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;

Ephesians 4:17

So I mean this and now testify to it in the name of the Lord: You must now stop living as the heathen usually do, in the frivolity of their minds,

Ephesians 5:2

and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Philippians 3:14

I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.

Philippians 3:17-18

Follow my example, brothers, and keep your eyes on those who practice living by the pattern we have set you.

Colossians 2:6

So, just as you once accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue living in vital union with Him,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always earnestly pleading for you in his prayers that you may stand fast as men mature and of firm convictions in everything required by the will of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in view we are always praying for you too, that our God may make you worthy of His call, and by His power fully satisfy your every desire for goodness, and complete every activity of your faith,

2 Timothy 1:9

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,

Titus 2:10

to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, my Christian brothers, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Messenger and High Priest whom we profess to follow,

Hebrews 13:21

perfectly fit you to do His will, He Himself, through Jesus Christ, accomplishing through you what is pleasing to Him. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.

1 Peter 3:9

never returning evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but blessing instead, because it was for this that you were called, to obtain the blessing of heirs.

1 Peter 5:10

And God, the giver of every spiritual blessing, who through your union with Christ has called you to His eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong,

2 Peter 1:3

because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him.

2 John 1:5

And now I beg you, my lady, not as though I were writing you a new command, but one which we had from the beginning, that we continue to love one another.