DA15
We are to be likeminded and in unity with the brethren.
Category: Neighbours & Brothers
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
- John 17:20-23
- 1 Peter 3:8
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 4:32
- Colossians 2:2
- Colossians 3:14
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
- 1 Corinthians 4:6
- 1 Corinthians 11:18
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-14
- 1 Corinthians 12:25
- 2 Corinthians 13:11
- Ephesians 4:2-3
- Ephesians 4:11-13
- Ephesians 4:16
- Galatians 3:28
- John 17:11
- John 17:21
- Matthew 18:19-20
- Philippians 1:27
- Philippians 2:1-2
- Romans 12:5
- Romans 12:16
- Romans 15:5-6
- Romans 16:17
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Amos 3:3
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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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Judges 20:8
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Judges 20:11
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Psalms 133:1
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1 Samuel 11:7
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
The very existence of Scriptures that implore us to be likeminded and in unity suggests that at the time they were written the body of believers was not. That was then, and now is now, and nothing much has changed; we still are not. Being in unity requires first being likeminded, and being likeminded can only occur when we ascribe to the same laws and principles of conduct; for we who are believers in Yeshua, the laws and principles must be the Word of God as recorded in the Tanakh and the Kitvey B’rit Chadasha. We live in a predominantly secular society under secular governments. When believers, acting through our congregations and churches, listen to God and interpret the Scripture in the same correct way, we are a godly witness and are able to influence society in a godly direction. When we are not likeminded and not in unity, we play into the hands of the adversary, weaken God’s influence, and strengthen that of the adversary.
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