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.

With the needs of the saints, having fellowship,—hospitality, pursuing.

Ye, are witnesses—God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints,—

And, he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is preferred by the Spirit—that, according to God, he maketh intercession in behalf of saints;

A Song of Ascents. David’s. Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one.

Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me, salute you.

Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

Because, the ministry of this public service, is not only towards filling up the deficiencies of the saints, but also superabounding, through the thanksgiving of many, unto God,—

But, now, I am journeying unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints;

Now, concerning the collection which is for the saints, just as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so, also do, ye:—

Unto the assembly of God which is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints,—with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place,—their Lord and ours:Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

Better are two, than one,—in that they have a good reward for their toil.For, if the one should fall, the other would raise up his companion,—but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!

Can two walk together,—except they meet?

Again, verily I say unto you—If two from among you shall agree upon the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be brought to pass for them, from my Father who is in the heavens;For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.

But, ye,—do not be called Rabbi,—for, one, is your Teacher, and, all ye, are brethren;

A new commandment, give I unto you,—That ye be loving one another: Just as I loved you, that, ye also, be loving one another:By this, shall all men take knowledge, that, my disciples, ye are,—If ye have, love, one to another.

And, no longer, am I in the world, and, they, are, in the world,—and, I, unto thee, am coming. Holy Father! Keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, as, we.

That they, all, may be, one,—even as, thou, Father, in me, and, I, in thee,—that, they also, in us, may be;—that, the world, may believe that, thou, didst send me forth.And, I, the glory which thou hast given to me, have given to them, that they may be one, even as, we, are, one.—I, in them and, thou, in me; That they may have been perfected into, one,—That the world may get to know, that, thou, didst send me forth, and didst love them even as thou didst love, me.

These all were giving constant attention with one accord unto the prayer, with certain women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And, when the day of pentecost was filling up the number of days they were all together with one intent;—

And they went on to give constant attention—unto the teaching of the apostles, and unto the fellowship, unto the breaking of bread, and unto the prayers.And there came on every soul, fear, and, many wonders and signs, through means of the apostles, were coming to pass.And, all who believed, with one accord, began to hold all things common;

And, the throng of them that believed, had one heart and soul, and not so much as one was saying that, aught of his goods, was, his own, but they had all things common.And, with great power, were the apostles giving forth their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; great favour also was upon them all.

And, through the hands of the Apostles, were coming to pass many signs and wonders among the people; and they were all with one accord in the portico of Solomon;

It seemed good unto us, coming to be of one accord, that we should choose men and send them unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,—

For, just as in one body we have many members, yet, all the members, have not the same office,So, we, the many, are one body in Christ, yet, severally, members one of another.

In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

The same thing, one to another regarding,—not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:

Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:

Now may, the God of the endurance and of the encouragement, give you, the same thing, to be regarding amongst one another, according to Christ Jesus;In order that, with one accord, with one mouth, ye maybe glorifying the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore receive ye one another, even as, Christ also, hath received us unto the glory of God:—

Now, the God of the hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of Holy Spirit.

But I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,—that, the same thing, ye, all, be saying, and that there be not, among you, divisions; but that ye be fitly joined together—in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

Moreover, he that planteth and he that watereth, are one:—howbeit, each one, his own reward, shall receive,—according to his own labour.For we are, God’s, fellow-workmen: ye are, God’s, farm, God’s building.

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

For, just as, the body, is one, and yet hath many members, but, all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so, also, the Christ;—For, even to one Spirit, we all, into one body, have been immersed,—whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free,—and, all, of one Spirit, have been caused to drink.

Now, however there are many members, yet one body;And the eye cannot say unto the hand—I have no need of thee,—nor, again, the head, unto the feet—I have no need of you:—

That there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have, the same, care, one for another;And, whether one member, suffereth, all the members, suffer with it, or, a member is glorified, all the members, rejoice together.Now, ye, are the body of Christ, and members severally;—

Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,—All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

For God is not a God of confusion, but, of peace:—as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Let, all your affairs, in love, be carried on.

Finally, brethren, farewell! Be getting restored, be taking encouragement, be of one mind, live in peace,—and, the God of love and peace, will be with you.

There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:

He, in fact, is our peace—who made both one, and, the enclosing middle-wall, took down,The enmity, in his flesh—the law of commandments in decrees—bringing to nought,—that, the two, he might create in himself, into one man of new mould, making peace.And might fully reconcile them both, in one body, through means of the cross,—slaying the enmity thereby;—

Hence, then—no longer, are ye strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,—Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself,—In whom, an entire building, in process of being fitly joined together, is growing into a holy shrine in the Lord;In whom, ye also, are being builded together, into a habitation of God in Spirit.

That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message,—

I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called:—With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,Giving diligence to keep—the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace,—

One body, and one spirit, even as ye were also called in one hope of your calling,One Lord, one faith, one immersion,One God and Father of all—who is over all, and through all, and in all.

And, he, gave—some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers,—With a view to the fitting of the saints for the work of ministering, for an upbuilding of the body of the Christ;Until we all advance—into the oneness of the faith, and the personal knowledge of the Son of God, into a man of full-growth, into the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;

But, pursuing truth—may, in love, grow into him in all things,—who is the head, Christ,—Out of whom all the body—fitly framing itself together, and connecting itself, through means of every joint of supply, by way of energising in the measure of each single part—secureth the growing of the body, unto an upbuilding of itself in love.

And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another—even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;

Only, in a manner worthy of the glad-message of the Christ, be using your citizenship; in order that—whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of the things which concern you—that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul, joining for the combat along with the faith of the glad-message;

If there be, therefore, any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,Fill ye up my joy—that, the same thing, ye esteem, the same love, possessing, joined in soul, the one thing, esteeming,—

Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,—but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,—Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally:—

All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

Euodia, I exhort, and, Syntche, I exhort,—on the same thing, to be resolved in the Lord:—Yea! I request thee also, true yokefellow, be thou helping together with these women,—who, indeed, in the joyful message, have maintained the combat with me, along with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names, are in the book of life.

And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent;—

In order that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, even unto all the riches of the full assurance of their understanding, unto a personal knowledge of the sacred secret of God,—Christ:

Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;And, over all these things, love, which is a uniting-bond of completeness;

And let, the peace of Christ, act as umpire in your hearts, unto which ye have been called in one body, and be thankful:

Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other,—even as ye are also doing.

And to hold them in very high esteem, in love, their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves,

But we exhort you, brethren—admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all:See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:

We are bound, to be giving thanks, unto God, continually, concerning you, brethren, even as it is, meet; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all one to another aboundeth,

An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as though he were thy father,—younger men, as brothers,Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.

But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.But, from the foolish and undisciplined questionings, excuse thyself, knowing that they gender strifes;

Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men.

But be exhorting one another, on each successive day,—while the To-day is being named! lest any from among you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

And let us attentively consider one another, to provoke unto love and noble works,—Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.

Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,—without which no one shall see the Lord:

Let brotherly love continue.

Ye know, my brethren beloved,—but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well-pleasing unto God through Jesus Christ;

And, finally, all, being of one mind, having fellow—feeling, attached to the brethren, of tender affection, of lowly mind:Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing,—because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;Showing hospitality one to another without murmuring,—Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:

In like manner, ye younger men—submit yourselves unto elders;—All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.Be made lowly, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may lift, you, up in due time,—

Salute ye one another with a kiss of love. Peace unto you all who are in Christ.

And, in your godliness, brotherly affection, and, in your brotherly affection, love.

Whereas, if, in the light, we are walking, as, he, is in the light, we have, fellowship one with another, and, the blood of Jesus his Son, is cleansing us from all sin.

Because, this, is the message which ye have heard from the beginning—that we should be loving one another,—

Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down.But, whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.

Beloved! If, in this way, God, loved us, we also, ought to love, one another.Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within us.

If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!And, this commandment, have we from him,—that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.

We, therefore ought to be sustaining such as these, that we may become, fellowworkers, with the truth.

But, ye, beloved! building yourselves up in your most holy faith, in Holy Spirit, praying,Yourselves, in God’s love, keep,—awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto age-abiding life.

But, on others, have mercy with fear, hating even, the garment, spotted by the flesh.

I, John, your brother, and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, came to be in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and the witness of Jesus.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh, I will give, unto him, of the hidden manna, and I will give unto him a white stone, and, upon the stone, a new name written, which, no one, knoweth, save he that receiveth it.

He that overcometh, I will make, him, a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and, outside, shall he in nowise go forth any more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and I will write upon him my new name.

And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart;

Your love, be without hypocrisy,—loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

Let, each one of us, unto his neighbour give pleasure—for what is good unto upbuilding;

For, the body also, is not one member, but many:

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are, helpers, of your joy, for, by your faith, ye stand.

One another’s burdens, be ye bearing, and, so, fill up the law of the Christ.

Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good—suited to the needful upbuilding,—that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ,—

Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another—if any, against any, have a complaint,—according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

Let, the word of the Christ, dwell within you richly,—in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with gratitude, raising song with your hearts unto God:

But, concerning brotherly love—no need, have ye, that we be writing unto you; for, ye yourselves, are, God-taught, to the loving of one another;—And, in fact, ye are doing it unto all the brethren who are in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

But, ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing;—

Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound,—them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.

Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf,—that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:

And, finally, all, being of one mind, having fellow—feeling, attached to the brethren, of tender affection, of lowly mind:

Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:

Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him.

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