unity scriptures

Unity comes by Love

•  John 15:12-17.  This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.   Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.   Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.   Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.   Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.   These things I command you, that ye love one another.

John 15:12 http://bible.com/1/jhn.15.12-17.KJV
 

• Unity. Mind of Christ

prayer to God  - We are grateful for all saints.  Help me remember and pray for them by name..  Give your leaders wisdom and revelation.  Draw them nearer to you and reveal yourself to them.    Let people see the power of your resurrection   Let all believer and unbelievers as well acknowledge that you are head of the church
 
 James 4:8-12. Don't speak evil of one another
 
•One Accord, One Mind
Philippians 2:1 http://bible.com/1/php.2.1-9.KJV
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,  Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.  Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
 
Jewish bible comparison:
Phil 2:1-10.   http://bible.com/1275/php.2.1-8.CJB
 Therefore, if you have any encouragement for me from your being in union with the Messiah, any comfort flowing from love, any fellowship with me in the Spirit, or any compassion and sympathy, then complete my joy by having a common purpose and a common love, by being one in heart and mind. Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves — look out for each other’s interests and not just for your own. Let your attitude toward one another be governed by your being in union with the Messiah Yeshua: Though he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God something to be possessed by force. On the contrary, he emptied himself, in that he took the form of a slave by becoming like human beings are. And when he appeared as a human being, he humbled himself still more by becoming obedient even to death — death on a stake as a criminal! 
 
 
Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation of His power toward us
Ephes 1:15-23. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,  Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,  Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.
 
ESTEEM ONE ANOTHER
Philippians 2:1-10. see Verse 3.  "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
 
 
SERVE ONE ANOTHER
Galatians 5:13-15.      For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
 
COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER
1John 3:14.  We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.  But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.  And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.