109 Bible Verses about Church Unity

Think about humility, gentleness, patience, and living together in harmony. These are so important for us as believers. We're all connected in Christ, part of the same spiritual body. It's a powerful image, isn't it?

Ephesians 2:15-16¹ talks about how Christ broke down the walls between us, creating peace and bringing us together as one. He abolished the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. It's a reminder that our unity comes from Him.

And remember Jesus's prayer in John 17:21-22², just before he went to the cross? He prayed for us, that we would all be one, just as he and the Father are one. He longed for that unity, for us to reflect that incredible bond to the world. It's a pretty amazing thing to be part of.

Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality.

You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers.

With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones

And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God’s will. God’s Indomitable Love in Christ.

A song of ascents. Of David. How good and how pleasant it is, when brothers dwell together as one!

Give my greetings to every holy one in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings;

Iron is sharpened by iron; one person sharpens another.

for the administration of this public service is not only supplying the needs of the holy ones but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God.

Now, however, I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones.

Now in regard to the collection for the holy ones, you also should do as I ordered the churches of Galatia.

to the church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith.For Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. The Corinthians and Paul.Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something,so that no human being might boast before God.Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving.

to all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanksgiving.

Do two journey together unless they have agreed?

Again, [amen,] I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.He called a child over, placed it in their midst,For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.

As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Peter’s Denial Predicted.

And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.

so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one,I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.

All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. The Choice of Judas’s Successor.

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.All who believed were together and had all things in common;

The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common.With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all.

Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s portico.

we have with one accord decided to choose representatives and to send them to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

For as in one body we have many parts, and all the parts do not have the same function,so we, though many, are one body in Christ and individually parts of one another.

love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor.

Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation.

Let us then pursue what leads to peace and to building up one another.

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God’s Fidelity and Mercy.

Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit. Apostle to the Gentiles.

I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.

The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body.The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I do not need you.”

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another.If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. Application to Christ.Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

since he is not the God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the holy ones,

Your every act should be done with love.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace,and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.

So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.Through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ,so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming.Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body’s growth and builds itself up in love. Renewal in Christ.So I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance, because of their hardness of heart,they have become callous and have handed themselves over to licentiousness for the practice of every kind of impurity to excess.with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,That is not how you learned Christ,assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus,that you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires,and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth. Rules for the New Life.Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members one of another.Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,and do not leave room for the devil.The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest work with his [own] hands, so that he may have something to share with one in need.No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:

one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call;one Lord, one faith, one baptism;one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Diversity of Gifts.

And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ,

Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body’s growth and builds itself up in love. Renewal in Christ.

[And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Only, conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear news of you, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind struggling together for the faith of the gospel,

If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Obedience and Service in the World.So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.Do everything without grumbling or questioning,that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me. Timothy and Paul.I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you.complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.

Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform.each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.

Do everything without grumbling or questioning,

I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to come to a mutual understanding in the Lord.To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen.Give my greetings to every holy one in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings;all the holy ones send you their greetings, especially those of Caesar’s household.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.Yes, and I ask you also, my true yokemate, to help them, for they have struggled at my side in promoting the gospel, along with Clement and my other co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Joy and Peace.

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

that their hearts may be encouraged as they are brought together in love, to have all the richness of fully assured understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful.

Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. Church Order.

and to show esteem for them with special love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

We urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all.See that no one returns evil for evil; rather, always seek what is good [both] for each other and for all.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater.

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men as brothers,with a reputation for good works, namely, that she has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the holy ones, helped those in distress, involved herself in every good work.But exclude younger widows, for when their sensuality estranges them from Christ, they want to marryand will incur condemnation for breaking their first pledge.And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned.So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.For some have already turned away to follow Satan.If any woman believer has widowed relatives, she must assist them; the church is not to be burdened, so that it will be able to help those who are truly widows. Rules for Presbyters.Presbyters who preside well deserve double honor, especially those who toil in preaching and teaching.For the scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is threshing,” and, “A worker deserves his pay.”Do not accept an accusation against a presbyter unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity. Rules for Widows.

So turn from youthful desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord with purity of heart.Avoid foolish and ignorant debates, for you know that they breed quarrels.

Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise.After a first and second warning, break off contact with a heretic,realizing that such a person is perverted and sinful and stands self-condemned. Directives, Greetings, and Blessing.When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, try to join me at Nicopolis, where I have decided to spend the winter.Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey soon, and see to it that they have everything they need.But let our people, too, learn to devote themselves to good works to supply urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, exercising all graciousness toward everyone.

Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,” so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.

We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Let mutual love continue.

Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.

Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely from a [pure] heart.

and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble.Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing, because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing.

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love.

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.

For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,

The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Confidence Before God.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Therefore, we ought to support such persons, so that we may be co-workers in the truth.

But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the holy Spirit.Keep yourselves in the love of God and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh. Doxology.

I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white amulet upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it.”’ To Thyatira.

“‘“The victor I will make into a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never leave it again. On him I will inscribe the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, as well as my new name.

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,

let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up.

Now the body is not a single part, but many.

Not that we lord it over your faith; rather, we work together for your joy, for you stand firm in the faith.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.

No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ.

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

But you, brothers, do not be remiss in doing good.

Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

Finally, all of you, be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves [also] the one begotten by him.

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