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The sign of our heart-transformation into greater maturity is a growing capacity to live and love and be with one another. As spiritual depth increases, community life in Christ increases.
If we are serious about following Christ, we will take to heart is statement that "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:40).
The following
"one another" verses show what God expects from us in this regard. Read them
carefully, and consider how to apply them in your life:
Leviticus 19:11 Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.
John 13:14 Now that I,
your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one
another's feet.
John 13:34 A new command
I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another.
John 13:35 By this all
men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above
yourselves.
Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to
associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
Romans 13:8 Let no debt
remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who
loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up
your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.
Romans 15:7 Accept one
another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Romans 15:14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of
goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send
greetings.
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no
divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to
indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in
love.
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in
Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make
music in your heart to the Lord,
Ephesians 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against
one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with
gratitude in your hearts to God.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,
just as in fact you are doing.
Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that
none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good
deeds.
Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
James 4:11 Do not slander
one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against
the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but
sitting in judgment on it.
1 Peter 3:8 Live in
harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate
and humble.1 Peter 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
1 Peter 5:5 Be submissive
to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the
humble."
1 John 1:7 But if we walk
in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 3:11 This is the
message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 John 3:23 And this is
his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one
another as he commanded us.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends,
let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been
born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:11 Dear friends,
since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:12 No one has
ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made
complete in us.
1 Peter 4:8 Above all,
love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
James 5:16 Therefore
confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
James 5:9 Don't grumble
against each other, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
Hebrews 13:1 Keep on loving each other.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to thank God for you, and rightly so,
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has
for each other is increasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but
always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.
1 Thessalonians 5:13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their
work. Live in peace with each other.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,
just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for
each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against
one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its
practices
Philippians 4:2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in
the Lord.
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in
Christ God forgave you.
Galatians 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Galatians 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of
Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:25 There should be no division in the body, but that its
parts should have equal concern for each other.
Galatians 5:15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be
destroyed by each other.
1 Corinthians 11:33 When you come together to eat, wait for each other.
Romans 1:12 That is, that
you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
Ephesians 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting
ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Philippians 2:3-5 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility
consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to
your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should
be the same as that of Christ Jesus.***
My recent book is Praying: Reflections on 40 Years of Solitary Conversations with God.
I'm currently writing Leading the Presence-Driven Church.
