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²⁴And let us be considerate of one another, so as to prompt ourselves to charity and to good works, ²⁵not deserting our assembly, as some are accustomed to do, but consoling one another, and even more so as you see that the day is approaching.

⁹Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship. ¹⁰If one falls, he shall be supported by the other. Woe to one who is alone. For when he falls, he has no one to lift him up. ¹¹And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed? ¹²And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.

²Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

⁴²Now they were persevering in the doctrine of the Apostles, and in the communion of the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers. ⁴³And fear developed in every soul. Also, many miracles and signs were accomplished by the Apostles in Jerusalem. And there was a great awe in everyone. ⁴⁴And then all who believed were together, and they held all things in common. ⁴⁵They were selling their possessions and belongings, and dividing them to all, just as any of them had need. ⁴⁶Also, they continued, daily, to be of one accord in the temple and to break bread among the houses; and they took their meals with exultation and simplicity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God greatly, and holding favor with all the people. And every day, the Lord increased those who were being saved among them.

³For I say, through the grace that has been given to me, to all who are among you: Taste no more than it is necessary to taste, but taste unto sobriety and just as God has distributed a share of the faith to each one. ⁴For just as, within one body, we have many parts, though all the parts do not have the same role, ⁵so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other. ⁶And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith; ⁷or ministry, in ministering; or he who teaches, in doctrine; ⁸he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

²⁰For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”

¹⁴And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.

³⁷Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the greatest and first commandment. ³⁹But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”

²⁵so that there might be no schism in the body, but instead the parts themselves might take care of one another. ²⁶And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it. ²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.

⁷But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

¹⁰And so, I beg you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that every one of you speak in the same way, and that there be no schisms among you. So may you become perfect, with the same mind and with the same judgment.