Authentic Biblical Community
Thank you for reading the Authentic Biblical Community articles online or in the bulletin over the past eight weeks. If you missed any of these articles you can click below. I will be writing new articles on the “one another” commands listed below in the near future. Please check this site for more ABC insights.
How we are to treat one another
- “Love one another” John 13:35; John 13:34; Jn.15:12; 15:17; Rom.13:8 cp. 1 Thess.3:12; 4:9; 2 Thess.1:3; 1 Pet.1:22; 4:8; 1 Jn.3:11; 4:7,11; 2 Jn.1:5
- “Wash one another's feet” Jn.13:14
- “Be at peace with one another” Mk.9:50; 1 Thess.5:13
- “Members one of another.” Romans 12:5 cp.Eph.4:25
- “Be devoted to one another” Rom.12:10
- “Give preference to one another in honor” Rom.12:10
- “Be of the same mind toward one another” Rom.12:16 cp. Rom.15:5
- “Building up of one another.” Rom. 14:19; 1 Thess.5:11
- “Accept one another” Rom.15:7
- “Admonish one another.” Rom.15:14; Col.3:16
- “Greet one another with a holy kiss. Rom.16:16 cp. 1 Cor.16:20; 2 Cor.13:12; 1 Peter 5:14
- “Wait for one another” 1 Cor.11:33
- “Care for one another.” 1 Cor.12:25
- “Serve one another.” Gal. 5:13
- “Bear one another's burdens” Gal.6:2
- “Showing tolerance for one another in love” Eph.4:2
- “Be kind to one another” Eph.4:32
- “Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” Eph.5:19
- “Be subject to one another” Eph.5:21
- “Regard one another as more important than yourselves” Phil.2:3
- “Bearing with one another” Col.3:13
- “Teaching… one another” Colossians 3:16
- “Therefore comfort one another” 1 Thess.4:18
- “Encourage one another” 1 Thess.5:11 cp. Heb 3:13; 10:25
- “Seek after that which is good for one another” 1 Thess.5:15
- “Stimulate one another to love and good deeds” Heb.10:24
- “Confess your sins to one another” Jms.5:16
- “Pray for one another” Jms.5:16
- “Be hospitable to one another” 1 Pet.4:9
- “Serving one another” 1 Pet.4:10
- “Fellowship with one another” 1 Jn.1:7
How we are not to treat one another
- “Let us not judge one another” Rom.14:13
- “Lawsuits with one another” 1 Cor.6:7
- “bite and devour one another” Gal.5:15
- “challenging one another” Gal.5:26
- “envying one another” Gal.5:26
- “Do not lie to one another” Col.3:9
- “hating one another” Titus 3:3
- “Do not speak against one another” Jms.4:11
- “Do not complain, brethren, against one another” Jms.5:9
When we treat one another as God prescribed, the church is contagious, healthy and growing in Christ-likeness & numbers. When we neglect ABC our souls shrivel up and the churches reputation dies a thousand deaths. Let’s be the church!
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