We used to take sweet counsel
together; within God's house we
walked in the throng.
(Psalm 55:14)
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man
sharpens another.
(Proverbs 27:17)
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Two are better than one, because
they have a good reward for their
toil. For if they fall, one will
lift up his fellow. But woe to him
who is alone when he falls and has
not another to lift him up! Again,
if two lie together, they keep
warm, but how can one keep warm
alone? And though a man might
prevail against one who is alone,
two will withstand him—a threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
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Do two walk together, unless they
have agreed to meet?
(Amos 3:3)
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For where two or three are
gathered in my name, there am I
among them.
(Matthew 18:20)
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That they may all be one, just as
you, Father, are in me, and I in
you, that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe that
you have sent me. The glory that
you have given me I have given to
them, that they may be one even as
we are one, I in them and you in
me, that they may become perfectly
one, so that the world may know
that you sent me and loved them
even as you loved me.
(John 17:21-23)
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And they devoted themselves to the
apostles' teaching and the
fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and the prayers.
(Acts 2:42)
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For just as the body is one and
has many members, and all the
members of the body, though many,
are one body, so it is with
Christ.
(1 Corinthians 12:12)
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Do not be unequally yoked with
unbelievers. For what partnership
has righteousness with
lawlessness? Or what fellowship
has light with darkness? What
accord has Christ with Belial? Or
what portion does a believer share
with an unbeliever? What agreement
has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the
living God; as God said, “I will
make my dwelling among them and
walk among them, and I will be
their God, and they shall be my
people. Therefore go out from
their midst, and be separate from
them, says the Lord, and touch no
unclean thing; then I will welcome
you,
(2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
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And he gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the
shepherds and teachers, to equip
the saints for the work of
ministry, for building up the body
of Christ, until we all attain to
the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, to
mature manhood, to the measure of
the stature of the fullness of
Christ, so that we may no longer
be children, tossed to and fro by
the waves and carried about by
every wind of doctrine, by human
cunning, by craftiness in
deceitful schemes. Rather,
speaking the truth in love, we are
to grow up in every way into him
who is the head, into Christ, ...
(Ephesians 4:11-16)
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Because we are members of his
body.
(Ephesians 5:30)
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Therefore encourage one another
and build one another up, just as
you are doing.
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)
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And we urge you, brothers,
admonish the idle, encourage the
fainthearted, help the weak, be
patient with them all.
(1 Thessalonians 5:14)
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And let us consider how to stir up
one another to love and good
works,
(Hebrews 10:24)
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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.
(Hebrews 10:25)
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That which we have seen and heard
we proclaim also to you, so that
you too may have fellowship with
us; and indeed our fellowship is
with the Father and with his Son
Jesus Christ.
(1 John 1:3)
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This is the message we have heard
from him and proclaim to you, that
God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all. If we say we have
fellowship with him while we walk
in darkness, we lie and do not
practice the truth. But if we walk
in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus
his Son cleanses us from all sin.
(1 John 1:5-7)
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Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in
to him and eat with him, and he
with me.
(Revelation 3:20)
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