Ephesians 4:16

From Christ the head, the whole body is joined together and grows as each part does its work in love. Every member's contribution builds up the church.

Cross-references · 26

• Col 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
• John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
• Col 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• 1 Cor 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
• Eph 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
• Eph 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• 1 Tim 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
• 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
• Phil 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
• Eph 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• 1 Jn 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
• 1 Cor 12:12–28The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
• 1 Th 4:9–10Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
• 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
• Ps 139:15–16My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
• Eph 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
• Eph 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Gal 5:13–14For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
• 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 13:4–9Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
• 1 Th 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
• 2 Th 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
• Job 10:10–11Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
• Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
• 1 Cor 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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