Bible Cross References
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Romans 12:18
Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart.
Psalm 133:1
How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!
Matthew 5:9
"Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children!
Mark 9:50
"Salt is good; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? "Have the salt of friendship among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."
2 Corinthians 13:11
And now, my friends, good-bye! Strive for perfection; listen to my appeals; agree with one another; live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Ephesians 4:3-7
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Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by means of the peace that binds you together.
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There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.
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There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
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there is one God and Father of all people, who is Lord of all, works through all, and is in all.
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Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given.
Philippians 2:1-4
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Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion for one another.
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I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.
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Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
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And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.
Colossians 3:12-15
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You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
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Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you.
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And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.
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The peace that Christ gives is to guide you in the decisions you make; for it is to this peace that God has called you together in the one body. And be thankful.
Hebrews 12:14
Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.
James 3:13-18
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Are there any of you who are wise and understanding? You are to prove it by your good life, by your good deeds performed with humility and wisdom.
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But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.
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Such wisdom does not come down from heaven; it belongs to the world, it is unspiritual and demonic.
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Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
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But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
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And goodness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers plant in peace.
1 Peter 3:11
You must turn away from evil and do good; you must strive for peace with all your heart.
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Romans 15:2
Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.
1 Corinthians 14:12-17
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Since you are eager to have the gifts of the Spirit, you must try above everything else to make greater use of those which help to build up the church.
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The person who speaks in strange tongues, then, must pray for the gift to explain what is said.
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For if I pray in this way, my spirit prays indeed, but my mind has no part in it.
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What should I do, then? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray also with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will sing also with my mind.
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When you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can ordinary people taking part in the meeting say "Amen" to your prayer of thanksgiving? They have no way of knowing what you are saying.
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Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
1 Corinthians 14:26-17
Ephesians 4:29
Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.
1 Timothy 1:4
Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God's plan, which is known by faith.