endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

'They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

'then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.

"Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

"and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again.

"For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord.

And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be -- "The LORD [is] one," And His name one.

"that they all may be one, as You, Father, [are] in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you, but [that] you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Therefore if [there is] any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

[Let] nothing [be done] through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

He shall see the labor of His soul, [and] be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

"All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him.]

"And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

"And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

"O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.

"And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare [it,] that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and [attaining] to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

as His divine power has given to us all things that [pertain] to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him [be] the glory both now and forever. Amen.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

having abolished in His flesh the enmity, [that is,] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man [from] the two, [thus] making peace,

Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.