One Anothering

By Jennifer R.

God has given us many commands on how we are to treat each other. We typically refer to them as the “one anothers” of Scripture. I encourage you to read the list below and think about how you’re doing in each area. Then pray about how you could excel still more in each one.

• "Be at peace with each other" (Mark 9:50)
• "Wash one another's feet" (John 13:14)
• "Love one another" (John 13:34, Rom. 13:8, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 4:11)
• "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love" (Rom. 12:10)
• "Honor one another above yourselves" (Rom. 12:10)
• "Live in harmony with one another" (Rom. 12:16)
• "Instruct one another" (Rom. 15:14)
• "Accept one another, as Christ accepted you" (Rom. 15:7)
• "Greet one another with a holy kiss" (Rom. 16:16, 2 Cor. 13:12, and 1 Peter 5:14)
• "When you come together to eat, wait for each other" (1 Cor. 11:33)
• "Have equal concern for each other" (1 Cor. 12:25)
• "Serve one another in love" (Gal. 5:13)
• "Carry each other's burdens" (Gal. 6:2)
• "Be patient, bearing with one another in love" (Eph. 4:2)
• "Be kind and compassionate to one another" (Eph. 4:32)
• "Forgiving each other as God in Christ has forgiven you" (Eph. 4:32 and Col. 3:13)
• "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs" (Eph. 5:19)
• "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (Eph.5:21)
• "In humility, consider others better than yourselves" (Phil. 2:3)
• "Bear with each other" (Col. 3:13)
• "Teach one another" (Col. 3:16)
• "Admonish one another" (Col. 3:16)
• "Make your love increase and overflow for each other" (1 Thess. 3:12)
• "Comfort/Encourage one another" (1 Thess. 4:18, and 5:11)
• "Build each other up" (1 Thess. 5:11)
• "Encourage one another daily" (Heb. 3:13 and 10:25)
• "Spur one another on to love and good deeds" (Heb. 10:24)
• "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed" (James 5:16)
• "Live in harmony with each other" (1 Pet. 3:8) & have compassion for one another
• "Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling" (1Pet. 4:9)
• "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others" (1 Pet. 4:10)
• "Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another" (1 Pet. 5:5) “be submissive to one another”?

 And a few negative ones...

• "Stop passing judgment on one another" (Rom. 14:13)
• "If you keep on biting and devouring each other, you will be destroyed by each other" (Gal. 5:15)
• "Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other" (Gal. 5:26)
• "Do not lie to each other" (Col. 3:9 and Lev. 19:11)
• “Do not steal” (Lev. 19:11)
• "Do not slander one another" (James 4:11)
• "Don't grumble against each other" (James 5:9)