How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.

Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.

For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.