25 of the Best Scriptures on Fellowship, Loving One Another, and Passing God’s Peace in the Bible

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Listed below are 25 of the best scriptures on fellowship, loving one another, and passing God’s peace in the Bible to use in your worship services.

Since the following scriptures may contain an incomplete verse and have been removed from their contexts in the NIV Bible, it is up to you to make the final determination if they will properly accomplish the purpose for which you are going to use them. Scriptures that are listed below that are incomplete will have an asterisk after their references.

 

³ “ ‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the LORD.’ ” Leviticus 23:3

³⁴ “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common. ⁴⁵ They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. ⁴⁶ Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:42, 44-47

¹¹ I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—¹² that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. Romans 1:11-12

¹⁶ Greet one another with a holy kiss. Romans 16:16a* (And see 1 Corinthians 16:20b*, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:26, and 1 Peter 5:14a* for the same or very similar verses.)

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27

¹⁷ I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. ¹⁸ For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition. 1 Corinthians 16:17-18

¹³ By all this we are encouraged. 2 Corinthians 7:13

²⁵ I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶ so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me. Philippians 1:25-26*

¹⁴ [I]t was good of you to share in my troubles. Philippians 4:14*

¹¹ Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. Colossians 4:11

⁷ Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, ⁸ so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well. 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-8*

¹¹ For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, ¹² encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

¹⁷ [B]rothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. 1 Thessalonians 2:17*

⁴ Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 2 Timothy 1:4

¹ To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker—² also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: Philemon 1b-2*

⁷ Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people. Philemon 7

²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, ²⁵ not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25

¹ Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Hebrews 13:1

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. 1 John 3:14a*

²³ And this is his [God’s] command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1 John 3:23

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7

⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:9-11

¹² No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12

²¹ And he [God] has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 1 John 4:21