Bible verses about "community" | Twentieth_Century

¹³ It is you who are the Salt of the earth; but, if the salt should lose its strength, what will you use to restore its saltiness? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown away, and trampled underfoot. ¹⁴ It is you who are the Light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Men do not light a lamp and put it under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to every one in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

²⁵ As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another. ²⁶ If one part suffers, all the others suffer with it, and if one part has honor done it, all the others share its joy. ²⁷ Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

³ Nothing should be done in a factious spirit or from vanity, but each of you should with all humility regard others as of more account than himself, ⁴ And one and all should consider, not only their own interests, but also the interests of others. ⁵ Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also. ⁶ Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look upon equality with God as above all things to be clung to, ⁷ But impoverished himself by taking the nature of a servant and becoming like men; ⁸ He appeared among us as a man, and still further humbled himself by submitting even to death--to death on a cross! ⁹ And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the Name which stands above all other names, ¹⁰ So that in adoration of the Name of Jesus every knee should bend, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, ¹¹ And that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD- -to the glory of God the Father. ¹² Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent. ¹³ Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work. ¹⁴ In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension, ¹⁵ So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world, ¹⁶ Offering to men the Message of Life; and then I shall be able at the Day of Christ to boast that I did not run my course for nothing, or toil for nothing.

²⁰ For where two or three have come together in my Name, I am present with them."

³⁷ His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.' ³⁸ This is the great first commandment. ³⁹ The second, which is like it, is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.' ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

¹⁴ We entreat you also, Brothers--warn the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, give a helping hand to the weak, and be patient with every one.

³ In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I bid every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think till he learns to think soberly--in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each. ⁴ For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function, ⁵ So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts. ⁶ Since our gifts differ in accordance with the particular charge entrusted to us, if our gift is to preach, let our preaching correspond to our faith; ⁷ If it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to his teaching, ⁸ The speaker to his exhortation. Let the man who gives in charity do so with a generous heart; let him who is in authority exercise due diligence; let him who shows kindness do so in a cheerful spirit. ⁹ Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right. ¹⁰ In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in showing respect, set an example of deference to one another; ¹¹ Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master; ¹² Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer; ¹³ Relieving the wants of Christ's People; devoted to hospitality.

⁴² They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers. ⁴³ A deep impression was made upon every one, and many wonders and signs were done at the hands of the Apostles. ⁴⁴ All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use; ⁴⁵ They sold their property and their goods, and shared the proceeds among them all, according to their individual needs. ⁴⁶ Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people. ⁴⁷ And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of Salvation.

² Bear one another's burdens, and so carry out the Law of the Christ.

²⁴ Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions. ²⁵ And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the Day drawing near.