One Another

Mutual relationships & responsibilities

within the body of CHRIST.

This is My commandment,

that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:12

And this is His commandment:

that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ

and love one another,

as He gave us commandment.

1 John 3:23

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;

and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:11

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,

so that you may be established--

12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you

by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Romans 1:11-12

For I say, through the grace given to me,
to everyone who is among you,

not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think,
but to think soberly,

as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

4 For as we have many members in one body,

but all the members do not have the same function,

5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ,

and individually members of one another.

Romans 12:3-5

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love,

in honor giving preference to one another;

Romans 12:10

Be of the same mind toward one another.

Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble.

Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Romans 12:16

Owe no one anything except to love one another,

for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore,

but rather resolve this,

not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.

Romans 14:13

Do not speak evil of one another, brethren.

He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother,

speaks evil of the law and judges the law.

But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

James 4:11

Do not grumble against one another, brethren,

you be condemned.

lest Behold, the Judge is standing at the door!

James 5:9

Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace

and the things by which one may edify another.

Romans 14:19

Therefore comfort each other and edify one another,

just as you also are doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you

to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

6 that you may with one mind and one mouth

glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us,

to the glory of God.

Romans 15:5-7

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty;

only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh,

but through love serve one another.

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this:

"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

15 But if you bite and devour one another,

beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Galatians 5:13-15

Let us not become conceited,

provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 5:26

with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering,

bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:2

Therefore, putting away lying,

"Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,"

for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 4:25

And be kind to one another,

tenderhearted,

forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:19

submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Ephesians 5:21

but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today,"

lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 3:13

And let us consider one another
in order to stir up love and good works,

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,

as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another,

and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Hebrews 10:24-25

Confess your trespasses to one another,

and pray for one another,

that you may be healed.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

James 5:16

that there should be no schism in the body,

but that the members should have the same care for one another.

1 Corinthians 12:25

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,

we have fellowship with one another,

and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren,

that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge,

able also to admonish one another.

Romans 15:14

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

The churches of Christ greet you.

Romans 16:16

L - Listen

O - Overlook Faults

V - Value Him/Her

E - Express Love
Through Words and Actions that Edify

1)  let us love one another, for love is of God;

2)   we, being many, are one body in Christ,

      and individually members of one another.

3)    if we walk in the light as He is in the light,

      we have fellowship with one another,

4)    that I may be encouraged together with you

      by the mutual faith both of you and me.

5)    submitting to one another in the fear of God

6)   in honor giving preference to one another

7)    let us not judge one another

8)    bearing with one another in love

9)    And be kind to one another

10)   forgiving one another,

        just as God in Christ forgave you

11)   Therefore, putting away lying,

      "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,"

       for we are members of one another.

12)   speaking to one another

        in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

13)   Confess your trespasses to one another,

        and pray for one another

14)   exhort one another daily,

15)    comfort each other and

         edify one another,

16)   able also to admonish one another.

17)   Do not grumble against one another,

18)    Do not speak evil of one another,

19)   Bear one another's burdens,

20)   care for one another.

21)   consider one another

        in order to stir up love and good works,

22)   through love serve one another.

23)    Let us not become conceited,

         provoking one another,

         envying one another.

24)    receive one another,

         just as Christ also received us,

25)   be like-minded toward one another,

26)   Be of the same mind toward one another.

27)   But if you bite and devour one another,

         beware lest you be consumed by one another

28)    if God so loved us,

         we also ought to love one another.

29)   Owe no one anything

         except to love one another,

30)   Be kindly affectionate to one another

        with brotherly love,

31)   Greet one another with a holy kiss

32)    love one another as I have loved you.

33)   love one another,

         as He gave us commandment.

STARS

STARS

 So the evening and the morning were the third day. 

Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens 

to divide the day from the night; 

and let them be for signs and seasons, 

and for days and years; 

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens 
to give light on the earth"; 

and it was so. Then God made two great lights: 

the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. 

He made the stars also. 

God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 

and to rule over the day and over the night, 

and to divide the light from the darkness. 

And God saw that it was good. 

So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 
Genesis 1:13-19 

GOD made the stars not only to give light in the night
but also to mark signs and seasons.
 Didn't the appearance of a special star
mark the birth of the Savior of the world?

"I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; 

A Star shall come out of Jacob; 

A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, 

And batter the brow of Moab, 

And destroy all the sons of tumult. 

Numbers 24:17 

saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? 

For we have seen His star in the East 

and have come to worship Him." 

Matthew 2:2 

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, 

determined from them what time the star appeared. 

Matthew 2:7 

When they heard the king, they departed; 

and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, 

till it cme and stood over where the young Child was. 

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 

Matthew 2:9-10

Then He brought him outside and said, 
"Look now toward heaven, 
and count the stars if you are able to number them." 
And He said to him, 
"So shall your descendants be." 
And he believed in the Lord, 
and He accounted it to him for righteousness. 
Genesis 15:5-6 

The Almighty GOD promised to bless His nearly 100 year old friend

who was childless, with descendants like the stars - 

not only in number but I believe, who would shine in the darkness as well.

The descendants of Abraham are those who believe in the LORD,

walk in faith and are accounted as righteous by GOD.

Stars are like holes in the sky:

Their light pierces the thick darkness that covers the earth.

Stars are people who let the light of GOD 

reflect through them in this world.

 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, 

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 

What is man that You are mindful of him, 

And the son of man that You visit him? 

For You have made him a little lower than the angels, 

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8:3-5 

Praise Him, sun and moon; 

Praise Him, all you stars of light! 

Psalm 148:3 

Do all things without complaining and disputing, 
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God 
without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, 
among whom you shine as lights in the world, 
Philippians 2:14-15 

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, 
who has shone in our hearts 
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, 
that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 
2 Corinthians 4:6-7

Those who are wise 
shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, 
And those who turn many to righteousness 
Like the stars forever and ever. 
Daniel 12:3 

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables 
when we made known to you
the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 

 For He received from God the Father honor and glory 
when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: 
"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 

And we heard this voice which came from heaven
when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
which you do well to heed
as a light that shines in a dark place,
until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
2 Peter 1:16-19 

The LORD JESUS CHRIST is 

the Bright and Morning Star!

And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, 

to him I will give power over the nations-

- 'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; 

They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'-

- as I also have received from My Father; 

  and I will give him the morning star. 

Revelation 2:26-28