Job 10:11

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains to one another with the clasps. The tabernacle shall be a unit.

“You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,

having abolished in his flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace,

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.