3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. …
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. …
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. …
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-16)Here the apostle proceeds to more particular exhortations. Two he enlarges upon in this chapter:—To unity an love, purity and holiness, which Christians should very much study. We do not walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called if we be not faithful friends to all Christians, and sworn enemies to all sin. This section contains the exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, with the…
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