It is in our Lifegroups that we get to be Christ to each other as we practice the “One-Another” passages.
We are called to practice “reciprocal living” as noted by the “one another” passages throughout the New Testament (Rom. 12:10closeRomans 12:10 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. (ESV) ; 1 Cor. 11:33close1 Corinthians 11:33 33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. . . . (ESV) ; Gal. 5:13closeGalatians 5:13 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV) ; 1 Thess. 5:11close1 Thessalonians 5:11 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. (ESV) ; Eph.4:2; Col. 3:13closeColossians 3:13 13 Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (ESV) ). Christians are not called to live apart from or isolated from one another but to be mutually dependent upon the strengths and prayers of one another.
a. Be at peace with each other. Mk. 9:50closeMark 9:50 50 “Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” (ESV)
b. Wash one another’s feet. John 13:14closeJohn 13:14 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. (ESV)
c. Love one another. John 13:34-35, 15:12, 15closeJohn 13:34-35 34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 15:12 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:15 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (ESV) :17; Rom. 13:8closeRomans 13:8 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. (ESV) ; 1 Thess. 4:9close1 Thessalonians 4:9 9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. . . . (ESV) ; 1 Pet. 1:22, 4:8close1 Peter 1:22 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart. . . . 1 Peter 4:8 8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. (ESV) ; 1 John 3:11, 23, 4:7, 11, 12close1 John 3:11 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 1 John 3:23 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 1 John 4:7 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:11 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:12 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (ESV) ; 2 John 5close2 John 1:5 5 And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. (ESV)
d. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Rom. 12:10closeRomans 12:10 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. (ESV)
e. Honor one another above yourselves. Rom.12:10
f. Live in harmony with one another. Rom. 12:16closeRomans 12:16 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. (ESV) ; 1 Pet. 3:8close1 Peter 3:8 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. (ESV)
g. Stop passing judgment on one another. Rom. 14:13closeRomans 14:13 13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. (ESV)
h. Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you. Rom. 15:7closeRomans 15:7 7 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. (ESV)
i. Instruct one another. Rom. 15:4closeRomans 15:4 4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (ESV)
j. Greet one another with a holy kiss. Rom. 16:16; 1closeRomans 16:16 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. Romans 16:1 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae. . . . (ESV) Cor.16:20, 11 Cor. 13:12; 1close1 Corinthians 13:12 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:1 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (ESV) Pet. 5:14close
k. When you come together to eat, wait for each other. 1 Cor. 11:33close1 Corinthians 11:33 33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. . . . (ESV)
1. Have equal concern for each other. 1 Cor. 12:25close1 Corinthians 12:25 25 That there may be no spanision in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. (ESV)
m. Serve one another in love. Gal. 5:13closeGalatians 5:13 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV)
n. If you keep on biting and devouring each other, you will be destroyed by each other. Gal. 5:26closeGalatians 5:26 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (ESV)
o. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Gal. 5:26closeGalatians 5:26 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (ESV)
p. Carry each other’s burdens. Gal. 6:2closeGalatians 6:2 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (ESV)
q. Be patient, bearing with one another in love. Eph. 4:2closeEphesians 4:2 2 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. . . . (ESV)
r. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other. Eph. 4:32closeEphesians 4:32 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (ESV)
s. Speak to one another with songs, hymns and spiritual songs. Eph. 5:19closeEphesians 5:19 19 Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. . . . (ESV)
t. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Eph. 5:21closeEphesians 5:21 21 Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. (ESV)
u. In humility consider others better than yourselves. Phil. 2:3closePhilippians 2:3 3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. (ESV)
v. Do not lie to each other. Col. 3:9closeColossians 3:9 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices. . . . (ESV)
w. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Col. 3:13closeColossians 3:13 13 Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (ESV)
x. Teach and admonish one another. Col. 3:16closeColossians 3:16 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (ESV)
y. Make your love increase and overflow for each other. 1 Thess. 3:12close1 Thessalonians 3:12 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. . . . (ESV)
z. Encourage one another. 1 Thess. 4:18, 5:11close1 Thessalonians 4:18 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. (ESV) ; Heb. 3:13closeHebrews 3:13 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (ESV)
aa. Spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Heb. 10:24closeHebrews 10:24 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works. . . . (ESV)
bb. Do not slander one another. James 4:11closeJames 4:11 11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. (ESV)
cc. Don’t grumble against each other. James 5:9closeJames 5:9 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. (ESV)
dd. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other. James 5:16closeJames 5:16 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. (ESV)
ee. Live in harmony with one another. 1 Pet. 3:8close1 Peter 3:8 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. (ESV)
ff. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Pet. 4:9close1 Peter 4:9 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. (ESV)
gg. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others. 1 Pet. 4:10close1 Peter 4:10 10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace. . . . (ESV)
hh. Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another. 1 Pet. 5:5close1 Peter 5:5 5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (ESV)
