1 Corinthians 12:25

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.

So a division arose in the multitude because of him.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.

Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.