being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Parallel translations
- WEB being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- KJV Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- BSB and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
- NKJV endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- NLT Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
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Quick answer
Believers are to be eager to maintain the Spirit's unity in the bond of peace. It calls Christians to guard the unity God has given.
Overview
Paul urges diligence in 'keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.' This unity is not something Christians create but something the Spirit gives, which they must earnestly preserve. Peace is the bond that holds it together, making the humility and patience of verse 2 indispensable to the church's life.
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Cross-references · 11
- 1 Cor 1:10Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- Col 3:13–15bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
- 1 Cor 12:12–13For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- Rom 14:17–19for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
- Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- John 17:21–23that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- Jas 3:17–18But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- 1 Th 5:13and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
- Eph 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
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