May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
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