Bible Verses About Unity
Scripture on being one — in the church, in the home, and across every divide.
Unity was Jesus' dying request for his people — that they all may be one. These verses gather the Bible's call to oneness: what it looks like, what it costs, and why it matters.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
How good and how pleasant — brethren dwelling together in unity.
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Jesus' prayer: that they all may be one... that the world may believe.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Perfectly joined together — no divisions among you.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Charity, the bond of perfectness — unity's fabric.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Be of the same mind one toward another.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Likeminded, having the same love, of one accord.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Unity is not uniformity; it is love holding different people together around one Lord. It is also evangelism: by this, Jesus said, the world would believe.
