23 I want them to be united just like they are united with me and as you are united with me. May they be completely united, in order that those who do not belong to you [MTY] may know that you sent me and that you have loved them just like you have loved me.

34 Now I am giving you a new commandment: You must love each other. You must love each other in the way that I have loved you. 35 If you keep loving each other, everyone who is aware of that [HYP] will know that you are my disciples."

44 All of those who believed in Jesus were united and regularly met together. They were also sharing everything that they had with one another. 45 From time to time some of them sold some of their land and some of the other things that they owned, and they would give some of the money from what they sold to others among them, according to what they needed. 46 Every day they continued meeting together in the temple area. And every day they gladly and generously shared their food [SYN] with each other, as they ate together and celebrated the Lord’s Supper in their houses. 47 As they did so, they were praising God, and all the other people in Jerusalem were thinking favorably about them. As those things were happening, every day the Lord Jesus increased the number of people who were being saved {whom he was saving} from the guilt of their sins.

3 We proclaim to you the message about Jesus, the one whom we saw and heard, in order that you may have a close relationship with us. The ones whom we have a close relationship with are God our Father and his Son Jesus Christ.

16 The way that we now know how to truly love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ ◄voluntarily died/gave his life► for us. So, when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to die for them.

11 Because you know that this is true, continue to encourage/comfort each other, as indeed you now are doing.

12 I long to visit you in order that you and I might encourage each other by means of our sharing with each other how each of us trusts in Jesus.

25 We must not stop assembling ourselves to worship the Lord, as some people have done. Instead, each one of us must encourage/exhort other believers. Let us do that even more since we know that the day that the Lord will return [MTY] is near.

17 We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;

similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.

2 When there are ones who have problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires.

10 So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do what is good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers.

9 Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time.

If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.

10 If you fall down, he can help you get up again.

But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you,

because there will be no one to help you stand up.

11 Similarly, if two people sleep together,

they can keep each other warm.

But someone who sleeps alone will certainly not [RHQ] be warm.

12 Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person,

but two people can help each other and ◄resist/defend themselves against► someone who attacks them.

Three people can defend themselves even more easily,

like a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords.