1 Peter 3:8

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1 Peter 38

• To sum up

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1 Peter 38 NKJV

• Finally, all of you be of one mind, having
  compassion for one another love as brothers, be
  tenderhearted, be courteous

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1 Peter 38 NASU

• To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic,
  brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit

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1 Peter 38 NIV

• Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one
  another be sympathetic, love as brothers, be
  compassionate and humble.

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Be of One Mind

• The Greek word used here homóphron is only
  used here in all the N.T.
• Literally, to think the same.
• The thought Peter emphasizes here is one of the
  most important Christ-like characteristics.
• Love is the point of UNITY.

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John 133435

• A new commandment I give to you, that you love
  one another as I have loved you, that you also
  love one another.
• By this all will know that you are My disciples,
  if you have love for one another.

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Ephesians 413

• 1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech
  you to walk worthy of the calling with which you
  were called,
• 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with
  longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
• 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in
  the bond of peace.

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Ephesians 446

• 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you
  were called in one hope of your calling
• 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism
• 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all,
  and through all, and in you all.

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Unity is not a luxury

• It is a necessity!

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John 172223

• The glory which You have given Me I have given
  to them, that they may be one, just as We are
  one I in them and You in Me, that they may be
  perfected in unity, so that the world may know
  that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You
  have loved Me.

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Acts 432

• 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.

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Romans 1245, 16

• For as we have many members in one body, but all
  the members do not have the same function, so we,
  being many, are one body in Christ, and
  individually members of one another. Be of the
  same mind toward one another.

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1 Corinthians 110

• 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.

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1 Corinthians 33

• You are still carnal. For where there are envy,
  strife, and divisions among you, are you not
  carnal and behaving like mere men?

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1 Corinthians 1016,17

• Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a
  sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread
  which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
  Since there is one bread, we who are many are one
  body for we all partake of the one bread.

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James 31418

• But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in
  your hearts, do not boast and lie against the
  truth. This wisdom does not descend from above,
  but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy
  and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil
  thing are there.

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James 31418

• But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
  then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
  mercy and good fruits, without partiality and
  without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness
  is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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1 Peter 38

• Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one
  another be sympathetic, love as brothers, be
  compassionate and humble.

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Sumpathés

• Hebrews 415
• For we do not have a high priest who cannot
  sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has
  been tempted in all things as we are, yet without
  sin.
• Hebrews 1034
• For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and
  accepted joyfully the seizure of your property,
  knowing that you have for yourselves a better
  possession and a lasting one.

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Romans 1215-16

• Rejoice with those who rejoice mourn with those
  who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do
  not be proud, but be willing to associate with
  people of low position. Do not be conceited.

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1 Peter 38

• Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one
  another be sympathetic, love as brothers, be
  compassionate and humble.

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Philádelphos
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1 John 314-15

• We know that we have passed from death to life,
  because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not
  love remains in death.
• Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and
  you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.

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1 John 42021

• If someone says, I love God, and hates his
  brother, he is a liar for the one who does not
  love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love
  God whom he has not seen.
• And this commandment we have from Him, that the
  one who loves God should love his brother also.

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James 41,2

• What is the source of quarrels and conflicts
  among you? Is not the source your pleasures that
  wage war in your members?
• You lust and do not have so you commit murder.
  You are envious and cannot obtain so you fight
  and quarrel. You do not have because you do not
  ask.

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1 Peter 38

• Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one
  another be sympathetic, love as brothers, be
  compas-sionate and humble.

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Matthew 1827

• Then his master was filled with pity for him, and
  he released him and forgave his debt.

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Luke 1520

• And he arose and came to his father. But while he
  was still a long way off, his father saw him and
  felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and
  kissed him.

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Luke 1033

• Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he
  saw the man, he felt compassion for him.

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1 John 31618

• By this we know love, because He laid down His
  life for us. And we also ought to lay down our
  lives for the brethren. But whoever has this
  worlds goods, and sees his brother in need, and
  shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of
  God abide in him? My little children, let us not
  love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in
  truth.

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1 Peter 38,9 NKJV

• 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having
  compassion for one another love as brothers, be
  tenderhearted, be courteous
• 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for
  reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing
  that you were called to this, that you may
  inherit a blessing.

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1 Peter 38,9 NASU

• 8 To sum up, all of you be harmonious,
  sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble
  in spirit
• 9 not returning evil for evil or insult for
  insult, but giving a blessing instead for you
  were called for the very purpose that you might
  inherit a blessing.

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1 Peter 38,9 ESV

• Finally, all of you, have unity of mind,
  sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a
  humble mind.
• Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for
  reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this
  you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

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Courtesy

• Is an expression of humility.

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Luke 627-28

• 27 But I say to you who hear Love your enemies,
  do good to those who hate you,
• 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those
  who spitefully use you.

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Romans 1214

• Bless those who persecute you bless and do not
  curse them.

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1 Peter 38,9

• Finally, all of you be of one mind, having
  compassion for one another love as brothers, be
  tenderhearted, be courteous not returning evil
  for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the
  contrary blessing, knowing that you were called
  to this, that you may inherit a blessing.