John 7:43

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

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

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.

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

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

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;

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;

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

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.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”

There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

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.

But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

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.

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.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

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.

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

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:

They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.

They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.

They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”

When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Your watchmen lift up their voice. Together they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when Yahweh returns to Zion.

Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.

Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

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.