Bible Verses about “unity in the church”
The Bible contains 14 verses about unity in the church across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
“¶ With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
“¶ Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:”
“Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
“¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,”
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
“[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”
“One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.”
“¶ Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.”
“¶ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.”
“¶ A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
“‹That they all may be one; as thou, Father,› [art] ‹in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.›”
“‹I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.›”
“¶ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.”