31 Bible Verses about connection
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Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.
so collectively we form one body in Christ, while individually we are linked to one another as its members.
Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.
in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Were the foot to say, "Because I am not a hand I am not a part of the body," that would not make it any the less a part of the body.
Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me.
But they quarrelled with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but--so Paul persistently maintained--is now alive.
There is but one body and but one Spirit, as also when you were called you had one and the same hope held out to you.
For it is undeniable that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing in connection with priests.
For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.
But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been brought near through the death of Christ.
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.
Where can harmony between Christ and Belial be found? Or what participation has a believer with an unbeliever?
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, and let it be through Him that you give thanks to God the Father.
As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.
Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. The child's name he called JESUS.
It is also impossible for the eye to say to the hand, "I do not need you;" or again for the head to say to the feet, "I do not need you."
Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.