Sunday, June 24, 2007

The 49 New Testament One Anothers

Using biblegateway.com I just finished a quick study of the one another commands in the NASB New Testament and this is what I discovered:

If you leave out the four commands to greet one another with a holy kiss (Rom 16:16; 1 Cor 16:20; 2 Cor 13:12; 1 Pet 5:14) there are 49 one another commands in the NT.

The largest category of one anothers are the commands to love (John 13:34-35, 15:12, 17; Rom 12:10, 13:8; 1 Thess 3:12, 4:9; 2 Thess 1:3; 1 Pet 1:22, 4:8; 1 John 3:11, 4:7, 11-12; 2 John 5).

In second place are the commands to edify one another (Rom 14:19; 15:14; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; 1 Thess 5:11; Heb 3:13, 10:24-25) and a chose third goes to the commands to unite with one another (Mark 9:50; Rom 12:16, 14:19, 15:5, 7; Phil 2:3; 1 Thess 5:13).

Finally, there are almost 20 of what I called miscellaneous one anothers because they could go in multiple categories. These include the commands to give preference to (Rom 12:10), care for (1 Cor 12:25), serve (Gal 5:13; 1 Pet 4:11), tolerate (Eph 4:2), be kind to (Eph 4:32), submit to (Eph 5:21), not lie to (Col 3:9), bear with (Col 3:13), comfort (1 Thess 4:18), not judge (Rom 14:13; 1 Thess 5:13), do good to (1 Thess 5:15), not slander (James 4:11), not complain about (James 5:9), confess sins to (James 5:16), be hospitable toward (1 Pet 4:10), be humble towards (1 Pet 5:5) one another.

I hope that serves you and is helpful. Do you obey and receive the benefits of these commands at your church? What would our churches be like if we actually sought to live them all out?

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