Posted on 04/02/2007 12:18:53 PM PDT by Between the Lines
There are 54 "one anothers" in the New Testament that teach us how to treat each other, meaning those of us who belong to the body of Christ.
Below is a listing of verse references to the Greek word ALLELOUS, translated as "one another or each other”
Mk. 9:50 “....Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
Jn. 13:14 “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.”
Jn. 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
Jn. 15:12 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Jn. 15:17 “This is my command: Love each other.”
Rom. 12:10 Be devoted to one another with mutual affection. Honor one another above yourselves.
Rom. 12:16 Live in harmony with one another.
Rom. 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
Rom. 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another....
Rom. 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Rom. 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss....
1 Cor. 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, 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.
1 Cor. 11:33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for each other.
1 Cor. 12:24-25 ....But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
1 Cor. 16:20 ....Greet one another with a holy kiss.
2 Cor. 13:12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Gal. 5:13 ....But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Gal. 5:26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Gal. 6:2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.<>
Eph. 4:2 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.
Eph. 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs....
Eph. 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Col. 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
Col. 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another....
Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
1 Thes. 4:9 Now about your mutual love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
1 Thes. 4:18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.
51 Thes. :11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thes. 5:13 ....Live in peace with each other.
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.
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. 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 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.
Heb. 13:1 Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
Jam. 4:11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another....
Jam. 5:9 Don’t grumble against each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged....
Jam. 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed....
1 Jn. 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 Jn. 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.
1Jn. 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God....
1 Jn. 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
2 Jn. 1:5 ....I ask that we love one another.
1 Pet. 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere mutual affection, love one another deeply, from the heart.
1 Pet. 3:8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
1 Pet. 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Pet. 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
1 Pet. 5:5 ....All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Pet. 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love....
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to rectify that to some degree.
Thanks tons.
Yes, articles that talk about papists, romanists, etc. are generally going to be considered inflammatory. Articles that speak to the whore of babylon as an equivalence to the Catholic Church can likewise be considered to be inflammatory, as well.
Of course, there are exceptions. On another board I frequent, a fellow-poster will occasionally say that I'm not bad...for a papist. I tell him in turn that he's pretty orthodox for a heretic. Good-natured banter...and we both know it. (We find ourselves more often than not on the same side of theological discussions with pagans, monophysites, atheists, and arians)
But, seriously, though, I find it highly objectionable when an a thread is opened with an article from a protestant 'ministry' website that talks about how wrong the Catholic Church is (it's never the Catholic Church...it's always the Roman Catholic Church or the RC's...so I guess if I switched to the Chaldean rite, the Byzantine Rite, or the Maronite Rite, rather than the Latin Rite, I'd be OK?). Articles with titles like "Why nobody should be Catholic," "Just how acurate is Catholic Church history," etc., particularly when the assertions in those articles are just-as-likely not accurate, are likely to be viewed as an intentional affront by myself and, I would reckon, most Catholics.
Seriously, if you have a question about a point of Catholic doctrine, why not just ask it in a vanity post?
Or if you have a problem with a point of Catholic doctrine, the same thing?
I bet if you do, you will be flooded with well thought-out, very polite posts!
If you don't buy the reasoning provided, if you think that it is logically flawed, please, please point it out. But the counter can be made politely...and then an actual discussion can happen where we can have respect for each other or at least politeness.
Other than reciprocation (i.e., avoiding articles that call protestants heretics, apostates, or whatever), are there some guidelines that Catholics can use to have legitimate discussion without inadvertantly opening a flame war?
The point is that the majority of us our Christians by mutual agreement...there is a far wider majority of us who self-designate ourselves as Christian.
1 Cor 10-13: 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been signified unto me, my brethren, of you, by them that are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith: I indeed am of Paul; and I am of Apollo; and I am of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul then crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
Seems to me that we suffer a bit from that disease that afflicted the Corinthians.
Phil 1:18 But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
I am again very glad that Between the Lines started this topic...
After all, there are plenty enough problems with the ACLU (atheist civil liberties union), mohammedans, and socialists, we really don't need to argue among ourselves.
GOOD POINTS.
THX.
Wow, I missed this post. I need to start paying better attention.
I do like the idea of Daily Devotional Christian Caucus and even the idea of starting with the "one anothers", but I do not think that I am the person to be doing this.
My job hours are very erratic. Though I can handle most of it from home over the phone, I can be called away at a moments notice and it could be for hours or it could be for days or weeks. There is no way that I could keep up with something like this.
I am humbled by your nomination, but I must respectfully decline. Besides, when you first mentioned it, I just presumed you were volunteering for the job. : )
Kids! I told him to keep things to himself.
You haven’t heard any other percussive instruments of late have you? Not that I would expect you to. I mean, just in an offhand way. (Oh man, I’m in deep now).
Oh, dear.
I assumed someone less scrapy, more winsome; more loving and gracious would step up to the plate. Maybe I have to step up in those areas? Oh Dear! God have mercy on us all.
OK. I’m willing. If you could FREEPMAIL the complete list of ONE ANOTHER’S, it would save me having to search at a Bible site. But OK, if it’s not convenient.
Thanks tons for your kind words.
LUB
I had to put this advice on my Freeper page. The Wisdom is so profound. I will look at it in the same way people gaze at their navels.
I find all the others could be one sided. This one is between both sides.
This could possibly work.
My only reservation about it is that pounding posters into silence is one of their tactics. Since we are trying to change their behavior, maybe it would be best not to emulate their tactics.
But, I am willing to try it anyways. Who knows, if it works, maybe we can shorten it down to a simple one word post "Shame" in reply to the offender.
Erm. I didn’t see it ... maybe you forgot to hit “update”? :-).
We have a full set of percussion. Vlad got a “One Bug Band” kit for his birthday. When the boys are hanging around acting bored, I say, “Why don’t you got find all the instruments and play One Bug Band?”
(I wish I had airplane-hangar ear protectors!)
Sure. I think everyone recognizes good humor when it's offered. I exchange a few elbow-nudges with both Orthodox and Protestant FReepers ... not to mention my Presbyterian mother and some Evangelical friends. We all have our quirks, and it's not rude to make a joke of them.
I find it highly objectionable when an a thread is opened with an article from a protestant 'ministry' website that talks about how wrong the Catholic Church is ...
I agree. I don't think there's any Catholic or Orthodox or Jewish or LDS equivalent of the Catholic-bashing articles that are sometimes posted. It's funny that Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox seem to be totally off their radar, since the arguments against Roman Catholicism apply universally to Eastern Catholics, and almost always (except Peter) to the Orthodox.
Sometimes you just have to say, "Oh, Whatever!"
St. Paul mentions something about "the strong being considerate toward the weak," (major paraphrase, a better quote has dropped out of my mind), and I think that all of us Christians who are confident in our faith need to avoid engaging in hostilities with those who are obviously so weak that they need to attack others.
Yes, we have differences, and we can't all be right on many points of disagreement. However, we don't have to be hostile toward those who disagree. That is, as John Wayne said, "a sign of weakness."
I think I agree but I’m not 100% certain I get your full meaning.
How do you see it as both sided?
Confess to each other implies two.
Wellllllllll, your points are well taken.
Perhaps . . .
“TAKE SUCH TONES AND WORD CHOICES TO YOUR OWN THREAD. THIS IS TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE CHARITABLE GRACIOUS CAUCUS THREAD.”
Or some such.
Perhaps one word as you say:
“ENOUGH!”
or
“ENOUGH OF THAT SORT OF THING!”
I think my notion of “pound” was a pic of the whole of the good folks on the thread communicating as with one voice—KNOCK IT OFF! And then ignoring the offender accordingly—in absolute unison.
Anyway—we shall see.
I’ll try and post the devotional thread within 24 hours of getting the list. Though I guess we could start with one almost at random.
Uhhhh,
my DOH! Of course! Thanks.
Quite right. And very powerful in families—and other groups.
Dear Bro & Sis,
I believe that the ONE ANOTHER CHRISTIAN CAUCUS thread NEEDS a robust diversity and amount of folks willing and committed to contributing.
It will be best as a shared process vs a few stars sort of thread.
Personally, I’d prefer that folks prayerfully considered if this would be a thread which God would call you to as an individual to contribute to for your own AND OTHERS edification and growth. AND ASSUME THAT YOU AND GOD are sufficient for that to happen regardless of your education or walk in the Lord.
Consider it a kind of small group fellowship/Bible study/prayer/body ministry/share group.
Pray about God helping all of us be of a broken and contrite heart; willing to be broken bread and poured out wine for one another and for the lurkers reading.
I’m praying that this becomes an uncommonly potent FR thread overflowing with Holy Spirit’s liquid Love, care, truth-in-Love etc.
Thanks in advance.
Other suggestions?
There are many articles posted here that are intended to inflame. Catholics are not the only ones who see these types of articles as an affront on Catholics as it is sometimes only thinly veiled and at other times blatant. And even though we see our own brothers posting such tripe, we do little or nothing. I am not proud of it, but I tend to avoid such threads saying nothing, thus letting my brethren have their fun at someone else's expense.
Quix in his post #100 suggested a way with how we might fight this abuse and hold ourselves and our brothers accountable. Perhaps you could offer some suggestions. All help is appreciated.
Or if you have a problem with a point of Catholic doctrine, the same thing? I bet if you do, you will be flooded with well thought-out, very polite posts!
I will testify that what you said here is true. I have asked Catholics some tough questions sincerely and in kind receive sincere replies.
Other than reciprocation (i.e., avoiding articles that call protestants heretics, apostates, or whatever), are there some guidelines that Catholics can use to have legitimate discussion without inadvertently opening a flame war?
That is what this whole thread is about. We are just trying to figure out how to bring back civility among all of the Christians who share God's grace and share this forum.
Thank you.
Ok. Now I understand. It is amazing how much different your suggestion appears to me without the "POUND THE DISSENTING RABBLE ROUSERS INTO SILENCE" included. Now it sounds like united resolve where before it sounded to me more like instant retribution. : )
I think that this serves as an example of how the tone of our words determine how they are received.
But I agree that an admonition, a plea to stop and if not headed shunning the offender, is probably the best way to handle this sort of thing. The only question is will enough people go along with this to make it effective? We will have to leave that part up to God.
Quix, I will prayerfully consider this.
jm
headed = heeded
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