Quotes About Unity

Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

And 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.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.