Ephesians 4:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

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  • John 17:21-23 : 21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me. 22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one; 23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
  • 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
  • 1 Cor 12:12-13 : 12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ. 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
  • Eph 4:4 : 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
  • Col 3:13-15 : 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you: 14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together. 15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
  • John 13:34 : 34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • 1 Thess 5:13 : 13 And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
  • 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Rom 14:17-19 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men. 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

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    4There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

    5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

    6One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

  • Eph 4:1-2
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    1I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

    2With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

  • Col 3:13-16
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    13Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

    14And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

    15And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

    16Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

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    7And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

  • Eph 4:15-17
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    15But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

    16Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

    17This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

  • Phil 2:2-3
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    2Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

    3Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

  • Eph 4:12-13
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    12For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

    13Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

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    23And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

  • Eph 4:30-32
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    30And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

    31Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

    32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • 2 Cor 13:11
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    11Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

  • 1 Cor 1:10
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    10Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

  • Heb 12:14
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    14Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

  • 1 Thess 5:23
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    23And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    8Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

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    5Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

    6So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    20But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

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    2Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

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    14For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

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    25So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

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    18With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

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    4Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

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    2I make request to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.

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    27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

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    16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with you all.

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    4For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

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    25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

    26Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

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    9The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

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    19Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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    3Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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    10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

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  • Col 1:29
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    29And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.