A comunhão
A comunhão cristã é dom e mandamento. Juntos somos mais fortes. A Bíblia celebra a unidade dos crentes em Cristo como antecipação do céu na terra.
I live in them, and you live in me. May they be completely one, so the whole world will know that you did send me, and that you love them, just as you love me.
I am giving you a new command: Love one another. Love one another in the same way I have loved you. If you love one another you will prove to everyone that you are my disciples."
All the believers were together and shared everything they had. They sold their property and belongings, sharing the proceeds with everyone as they needed. Day after day they continued to meet together in the Temple, and ate together in their homes. They enjoyed their meals humbly and happily. They praised God, and everyone thought favorably of them. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
What we have seen and heard we are now explaining to you, so that you may also share in this friendship together with us—this friendship that is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
So encourage and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.
In this way we can be encouraged together by each others' trust in God, both your trust and mine.
We should not give up meeting together, as some have done. In fact we should be encouraging one another, especially as you see the End approaching.
An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.
Carry each other's burdens, for in this way you fulfill the law of Christ.
So while we have time, let's do good to everyone—especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
Two are better than one, for they can help each other in their work. If one of them falls down, the other can help them up, but how sad it is for someone who falls down and doesn't have anyone to help them up. In the same way, if two people lie down together, they keep each other warm, but you can't keep yourself warm if you're alone. Someone fighting against one other person may win, but not if they are fighting against two. A cord made of three strands can't be torn apart quickly.