Quotes About Connection

And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

so that by Godís will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Do you not know that you yourselves are Godís temple, and that Godís Spirit dwells in you?

Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

But the one who loves God is known by God.

But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.