神とのつながり、そして人とのつながりに関する17の聖句

The Bible describes connection in two directions, to God and to other people. Jesus pictures the first as a vine and its branches (John 15:5), and Paul pictures the second as one body with many parts (1 Corinthians 12:27). 1 John 4:7-16 joins the two: “if we love one another, God lives in us” (verse 12). Other verses deal with people in each other’s company: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 counts what two people gain over one, Hebrews 10:24-25 urges believers not to…