It is rather obvious we are all experiencing additional time at home with immediate family members. In the midst of the serious challenges our society and the world face, good can be found in slowing down our hectic lives and centering on those relationships that matter most to us.

Bumping and crashing into each other

In the coming weeks, even home educating parents, who are accustomed to spending their days with their children, may sense some tension with family members bumping or crashing into each other as the days of togetherness unfold. Moms are creative, though, and I am sure they will rise to meet the challenge. I offer this reminder as an encouragement, and want you to know I am praying for you.

The one another passages prove to be a valuable source for social development and training. Getting along with each other, thinking of others before ourselves, choosing to love when others are unlovable, asking for forgiveness when we have blown it, requires practice. And enough practice will establish habits, good habits that will moderate our behavior and bring about meaningful relationships. Now is an especially good time to meditate on the one another passages.

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The One Another Passages

1. So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 25:17
2. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.  Leviticus 25:46b
3. Thus has the LORD of hosts said, “Dispense true justice, and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.”  Zechariah 7:9-10
4. These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.  Zechariah 8:16
5. “Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalted, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”  Mark 9:50
6. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34
7. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Mark 13:35
8. “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.”  John 15:12
9. “This I command you, that you love one another.” John 15:17
10. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; Romans 12:10
11. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.”  Romans 12:16
12. Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.  Romans 13:8
13. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.  Romans 14:13
14. So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.  Romans 14:19
15. Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus; that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Romans 15: 5-6
16. Wherefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.  Romans 15:7
17. And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able also to admonish one another.  Romans 15:14
18. So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.  1 Corinthians 11:33*
19. That there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.  1 Corinthians 12:25
20. For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.  Galatians 5:13
21. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.  Galatians 5:26
22. Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.  Galatians 6:2
23. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  Ephesians 4:1-3
24. Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you, with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.  Ephesians 4:25
25. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.  Ephesians 4:32
26. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.  Ephesians 5:18-21
27. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.  Philippians 2:3-4
28. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,  Colossians 3:9
29. And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.  Colossians 3:12-13
30. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and humans and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.  Colossians 3:16
31. And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all men, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.  1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
32. Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;  1 Thessalonians 4:9
33. Therefore comfort one another with these words.  1 Thessalonians 4:18
34. Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing.  1 Thessalonians 5:11
35. But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
36. See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all men.  1 Thessalonians 5:15
37. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater;  2 Thessalonians 1:3
38. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  Hebrews 3:13
39. And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.  Hebrews 10:24-25
40. Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge of it.  James 4:11
41. Do not complain, brethren, against one another, that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.  James 5:9
42. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.  James 5:16
43. Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,  1 Peter 1:22
44. Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.  1 Peter 4:8
45. Be hospitable to one another without complaint.  1 Peter 4:9
46. As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.  1 Peter 4:10
47. You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.  1 Peter 5:5
48. But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.  1 John 1:7
49. For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;  1 John 3:11
50. And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.  1 John 3:23
51. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.            1 John 4:7
52. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11
53. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.               1 John 4:12
54. And now I ask you, lady, not as writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.  2 John 1:5

* This passage is referring to the Lord’s Table, but I think the context for a meal in our homes applies.