Check out what the New Testament teaches us, as the church, on how to be community with “one another” and “each other.” Read it. Meditate on it. Dream about how amazing a church community would be if it lived out the gospel in this manner. Imagine the huge impact this kind of community would have upon the world. Let God speak to you through His most powerful Word:
Mark 9:50 – “Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”
John 13:34 – So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
John 13:35 – “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
John 15:12 – This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
John 15:17 – This is my command: Love each other.
Romans 12:5 – so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
Romans 12:10 – Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
Romans 12:16 – Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
Romans 13:8 – Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
Romans 14:13 – So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.
Romans 14:19 – So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.
Romans 15:5 – May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.
Romans 15:7 – Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory.
Romans 15:14 – I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them.
Romans 15:32 – Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.
Romans 16:16 – Greet each other in Christian love. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.
1 Corinthians 1:10 – I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
1 Corinthians 3:3 – for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?
1 Corinthians 11:33 – So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.
1 Corinthians 12:7 – A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
1 Corinthians 12:25 – This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.
1 Corinthians 16:20 – All the brothers and sisters here send greetings to you. Greet each other with Christian love.
2 Corinthians 13:11 – Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:12 – Greet each other with Christian love.
Galatians 5:13 – For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:15 – But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
Galatians 5:26 – Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.
Ephesians 2:16 – Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
Ephesians 4:2 – Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.
Ephesians 4:32 – Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Ephesians 5:21 – And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Philippians 2:2 – Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.
Colossians 3:9 – Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.
Colossians 3:16 – Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 – And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 – But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 – So encourage each other with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 – So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:13 – Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 – See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 – Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.
Hebrews 3:13 – You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
Hebrews 10:24 – Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
Hebrews 10:25 – And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Hebrews 12:15 – Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
Hebrews 13:1 – Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
Hebrews 13:4 – Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
James 4:11 – Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.
James 5:9 – Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
James 5:16 – Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
1 Peter 1:22 – You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.
1 Peter 3:8 – Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
1 Peter 4:8 – Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:10 – God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
1 Peter 5:5 – In the same way, you younger men must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, serve each other in humility, for“God opposes the proudbut favors the humble.”
1 Peter 5:14 – Greet each other with Christian love. Peace be with all of you who are in Christ.
1 John 1:7 – But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 2:7 – Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.
1 John 3:11 – This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 John 3:18 – Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:23 – And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
1 John 4:7 – Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 4:11 – Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1 John 4:12 – No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
1 John 4:19 – We love each other because he loved us first.
2 John 1:5 – I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.
2 John 1:6 – Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning
Jude 1:20 – But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
(New Living Translation)
October 20, 2009...11:28 am
“One Anothers” & “Each Others”
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October 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Great stuff Mike, and so very true!
October 21, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I’m checking out all my friends bloggs before I jump in! I’ll be going live with a new blogg soon. For now, I’m just taking a jog around the virtual block. Thanks connecting in Twitter…I’m still thinking through my social media POGAS…any ideas you’d like to share?