Loving One Another

Today is a Bible study more than a devotion because God wants sme to read the “one another” Bible passages. This is a summary of most verses without references, only the major ones. God speaks to my heart. . . . 

NO ARROGANT JUDGING or COMPETITION. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight… Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand… 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… learn not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another... do not classify or compare ourselves with some who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding… Don’t boast of work already done in another’s area of influence… Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another… 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… Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged… See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone… that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. (Romans 2:1)

LOVING ATTITUDE/ACTIONS. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor… Owe no one anything, except to love each other… Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats… Greet one another with a holy kiss… To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?… when you come together to eat, wait for one another… you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another… greet one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart… purify your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart… Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins… Show hospitality to one another without grumbling… As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace… 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.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:11)

UNITY. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus… Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you… Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. (Romans 12:5)

TEACH/EXHORT. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom… exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin… let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near… Therefore encourage one another with these words.

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. (Romans 15:14)

FORGIVENESS/PATIENCE. With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love… submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ… Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices… 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… confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32)

PRAY: You want me to love others like You do and drop any God-playing judgment of others in Your family. You have loved them as You love me. Fill my heart to do the same. Amen.