Every Christian a Minister

The one-anotherness (each-otherness) of ministering -- Insights into the ways of the Early Church, and how our CG should function when each one of us is a Minister. (All passages quoted below are from the NIV)

Love one another

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

Romans 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

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

1 John 4:7 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 4:12 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 Pet 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

1 Pet 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Thes 3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

Live in harmony with one another

Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

1 Cor 12:25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

Be devoted to one another & Honor one another

Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Stop passing judgment on one another

Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

James 4:11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

Accept one another & Agree with one another

Romans 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

1 Pet 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

1 Cor 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Bearing with one another, Forgiving each other & be Kind to each other

Eph 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Eph 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Col 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

1 Thes 5:15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

Submit to one another

Eph 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Humility toward one another

1 Pet 5:5 Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

Encourage one another & Speak to one another for mutual Edification

1 Thes 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Heb 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

Heb 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Heb 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Eph 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

Romans 14:19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Confess your sins to each other & Pray for each other, & Do not Lie to each other

James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Col 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

Instruct one another

Romans 15:14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.