11 Ways God Instructs us To Live & Grow Together

1. Be united to Christ and the family of God.
   Mark 1:15, John 1:12-13, 1 Cor. 11:1, 2 Cor. 5:14-15, Eph. 1:7-10, Eph. 2:19-22, Eph. 4:4-16, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 3:1-3

1. Continually pursue community with each other.
   Heb. 10:24-25, 1 John, 1 Cor. 15:58, Acts 4:32

2. Have a growing, active love for each other.
   1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:11, 1 John 4:12, 2 John 5, Rom. 13:8, John 15:17, John 15:12, John 13:34, John 13:35, John 13:34, 1 Thess. 4:9, 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Peter 4:8,
   1 Thess. 3:12, Rom. 12:10

3. Sacrificially serve and help each other.
   Gal. 5:13, 1 Peter 4:10, John 13:14, Gal. 6:2, James 5:16, 1 Cor. 11:33, 1 Cor. 12:25, 2 Cor. 13:12, 1 Cor. 16:20, Rom. 16:16, 1 Peter 5:14, 1 Peter 4:9

4. Grow together in Christlikeness, teaching and learning from each other.
   Rom. 15:14, Col. 3:16, 1 Thess. 4:18, Heb. 3:13, Heb. 10:25, 1 Thess. 5:11, Heb. 10:24, Col. 1:28

5. Humbly give preference to others over yourself.
   Rom. 12:10, Phil. 2:3, Eph. 5:21, 1 Peter 5:5, Gal. 5:26, 1 Cor. 13:4

6. Make charitable and forbearing judgments about one another.
   Rom. 14:13, Rom. 15:7, James 5:9, Eph. 4:1-2, Col. 3:13, Eph. 4:32

7. Glorify God with our words to each other.
   Col. 3:9, Eph. 5:19, James 4:11, Eph. 4:31, Prov. 20:19, 2 Cor. 12:20, Prov., 11:13

8. Rejoice and mourn with each other.
   Ecc. 3:4, Job 2:11, Job 30:25, Luke 1:58, Rom. 12:15, 2 Cor. 1:4, 1 Cor. 12:26, Heb. 13:3

9. Maintain the unity you have with one another.
   Mark 9:50, Rom. 12:16, 1 Peter 3:8, Gal. 5:15, Eph. 4:3, Ps. 133:1

10. Gently confront and fully forgive one another.
    Eph. 4:32, Col. 3:13, James 5:16, Gal. 6:1, Matt. 18:15

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