They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. But their minds were hardened. ( 1 Corinthians 10:31 ) 1 Peter 4:11 summarizes this by saying, “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth.”

Such sacrificial love ought to be, not only remembered, but also practiced by Christians, even and especially when celebrating the Lord's Supper.How is my work different since I'm part of the body of Christ?

In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 1 Corinthians 11:29. In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ... but we should be equally concerned about bringing back those sheep that are lost in the world and do not know Christ. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. I have been crucified with Christ.

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Paul corrected them, first by pointing to Jesus' own origination of the Lord's Supper and its core meaning. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. Scripture Reflection: Unity in the Body of Christ.

I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.

And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.

And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them. Scripture Reflection: Unity in the Body of Christ. Scripture Reflection. Abide in me, and I in you. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

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And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. The believer in Christ can now do what he could not do before and that is begin to think, feel and choose according to the righteousness of God.

Lectionary readings First reading: Isaiah 55:1-3 Psalm 144(145):8-9, 15-18 Second reading: Romans 8:35, 37-39 Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 Link to readings.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.