so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- KJV That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- NKJV that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- NASB so that with one purpose and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- NLT Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Quick answer
The goal of unity is that together, with one voice, the church might glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. United worship is the purpose of a united people.
Overview
Paul shows why harmony matters: so that the diverse church may glorify God 'with one accord' and 'one mouth.' Disunity fractures worship; unity amplifies it. The God they praise is named as the Father of the Lord Jesus, anchoring worship in the gospel. The aim of all the preceding instruction on the weak and strong is finally doxological, the united praise of God.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 10:29–30My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Acts 4:24When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Rev 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Rom 15:9–11so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
- 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Zeph 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
- Zech 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
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