Matthew 23,8-12:  But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi’ for you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers, and don’t call anyone ‘father’ for yourselves on earth, since you have one father in heaven. Nor do you be called leaders, for you have one leader, the Christ. The greater among you will be your servant. But whoever lifts himself up will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be lifted up.

Mark 10,42-45:  You know that those who think they rule over the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority down upon them. But it is not so among you; whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you, will be a slave of everyone. For the Son of Man also did not come to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. (Mt 20,25-28: Lk 22,25-7)

John 17,21:  I ask that they all may be one, as you, father in me and I in you, that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.

John 17,23:  I in them and you in me, that they may be completed into one, that the world may recognize that you sent me and loved them as you loved me.

I Corinthians 3,5-9:  So what is Apollo?  And what is Paul?  Ministers through whom you believed, and as the Lord gave to each.  I planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase. So neither the planter nor the water is anything, but only the God who gives increase.  The planter and the water are one, and each will receive his individual reward according to his individual labor. For we are fellow-workers of God. You were God’s farmland, God’s building.

Phillipians 2,1-3:  If then there is any comfort in Christ, in the consolation of Love, any communion of Spirit, in a compassion and pity, make my joint complete by thinking the same, having the same love, sharing your souls, thinking unity, doing nothing of the rivalry or conceit, but in humility, considering one another as superior to yourselves.

John 13,3-5:  I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another, that as I have loved you, you also love one another.  In this will all recognize that you are disciples of mine, if you have love among one another.

John 13,14:  So if I, the lord and the teacher, wash your feet, so also you should wash one another’s feet.

Romans 12,5:  So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and members, one of the other.

Romans 12,10:  Affectionate in brotherly love towards one another, giving precedence of honor to one another.

Romans 12,16:  Having the same consideration for one another.

Romans 13,8:  Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another.

Romans 14,19:  So then – we pursue the things of peace and upbuilding towards one another.

Romans 15,5:  May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you sameness of consideration among one another according to Christ Jesus.

Romans 15,7:  So accept one another, also as Christ accepted you, for glory of God.

Romans 15,14:  You are also able to advise one another.

Romans 16,16:  Embrace one another in a holy kiss.

I Corinthians 11,33:  So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.

I Corinthians 12,25:  That there be no division in the body, but that the members have the same care for one another.

I Corinthians 16,20:  Embrace one another in a holy kiss.

Galatians 5,13:  But through love be slaves to one another.

Galatians 5,26:  Do not become conceited by provoking one another, enjoying one another.

Galatians 6,2:  Carry one another’s burdens.

Ephesians 4,25:  So each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Ephesians 4,32:  Become a kind, compassionate toward one another, forgiving yourselves, as God also forgave you in Christ.

Ephesians 5,21:  Being subject to one another in reverence for Christ.

Phillipians 2,3:  In humility considering one another and superior to yourselves.

Colossians 3,9: Do not lie to one another, …

Colossians 3,13: Bear with one another and forgive yourselves, if anyone has reason for blame as regards someone, as the Lord also forgave you, so you too.

I Thessalonians 4,9:  Concerning brotherly love, you have no need for me to write you, for yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

I Thessalonians 5,11:  So encourage and build up one another, one on one, as also you are doing.

I Thessalonians 5,15:  See that no one returns anyone evil for evil, but on every occasion pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Hebrews 10,24: Attend to one another in a transport of love and good works.

James 5,16:  So confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

I Peter 1,22:  Having purified your souls in the obedience of truth for a sincere brotherly love, you have loved one another utterly, from the heart.

I Peter 4,9:  Hospitable towards one another without grumbling.

I John 1,7:  But if we walk around in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with one another and the blood of Jesus is some clients as us from all soon.

I John 3,11:  This is the news which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

I John 4,11-12:  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also should love one another.  If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love has been made complete in us.

II John 5:  And now, I ask you, Lady, not as writing a new commandment to you, but the one we’ve had from the beginning, that we love one another.
Read around the text, a few verses before and after, so that you
get the whole context of the quotations.

Psalm 68,32:  You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God.

Psalm 103,19:  The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 145,10-13:  Your kingdom is the kingdom for all ages, and your dominion endures through all generations.

Wisdom 10,10:  Wisdom showed him (Jacob) the kingdom of God.

Isaiah 37,16:  You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.

Daniel 2,44:  The God of heaven will set up a kingdom, and it shall stand forever.

Daniel 4,29:  His kingdom and endures through all generations.

Daniel 2,31:  The Most High rules over the kingdom of men and gives it to whom He will.

Daniel 7,18:  But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingship to possess it forever and ever.

Daniel 7,27:  The kingship and dominion and majesty of all the kingdoms under the heavens shall be given to the holy people of the Most High.  Whose kingdom shall be everlasting: all dominions shall serve and obey Him.

Obadiah 1,21:  The kingship shall be the Lords.

Micah 4,8:  Kingship will come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Matthew 3,2 & 4,17:  Chang your perception, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.

Matthew 5,3:  Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5,10:  Blessed are those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5,20:  For I tell you that unless your righteousness is more abundant than the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 6,10:  Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

Matthew 7,21:  Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, lord’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one who does the will of my father in the heavens.

Matthew 18,1-4:  At that time, the disciples approached Jesus, saying: ‘So who is greater in the kingdom of heaven?’  And calling a little child to Him, He placed it in their midst and said: ‘Indeed I tell you, unless you turn and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. So whoever humbles himself like this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.’

Matthew 6:25-7:  Don’t worry for your lives what you should eat or drink, nor for your bodies what you are to put on.  Isn’t the life more than the nourishment and the body more than the clothing?  Look at the birds of the heavens, because they neither sow nor harvest nor gather into barns, and your father in heaven feeds them.  Aren’t you much more important than them?
28:  And why do you worry about clothing?  Learn how the lilies of the field grow: they neither labor nor spin, but
29:  I tell you that not even Solomon in all His glory was clad like one of these.
31:  So don’t worry, saying: ‘What are we to eat?’  or ‘What are we to drink?’  or ‘What are we to wear?’  For the gentiles seek all these things. For your father in heaven knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 13,44:  The kingdom of heaven is like buried treasure in a field, that a man found and hid, and for the joy of it went and sold all he had and bought the field.
45:  Again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for beautiful pearls.
46:  And finding one pearl of great price, he went off and sold all he had and bought it.

Matthew 22,2:  The kingdom of heaven is like a king who made a marriage feast for His son.

Luke 9,2:  And he sent the twelve to proclaim the kingdom of God and heal the sick.

Luke 10,9:  And heal the sick and it (the city) and say to them: The kingdom of heaven has drawn close to you.

Luke 11,20:  But if I cast of demons in the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has descended upon you.

Luke 12,22:  Don’t worry for your life, what to eat, nor for your body, what to put on. For the life is more than the nourishment, and the body more than the clothing. Notice the crows, that the neither sow nor harvest, they have no storage or barn, and God feeds them. How much more you are worth than the birds.

Luke 12,27:  Notice how the lilies grow: they neither toil nor spin.  But I tell you, not even Salomon in all His glory was clothed like one of these.

Luke 12,29:  And don’t you seek what to eat and what to drink and don’t be anxious. For the nations of the world seek all these things, but your father knows that you need them. Just seek His kingdom and these things will be added to you.

Luke 12,32:  Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke 17,20-21:  When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he said to them in reply: “The kingdom of God does not come by watching out for it. Nor will they say ‘Behold it is here’ or ‘There.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

Luke 18,29:  Indeed I tell you that there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times their worth in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.

John 3,3:  Indeed, indeed I tell you, unless one is born from above, they cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3,5:  Indeed, indeed I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, one cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Romans 14,17:  For the kingdom of God is not food and drink righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I Corinthians 14,23-8:  Christ is the firstfruit, then those who are of Christ, in His (second) coming.  Then the end, when He hands over the kingdom to His God and Father, when he brings to nothing every rule, and every authority and power.  For He must rule until He puts all the enemy under His feet.  The last enemy that is brought to nothing is death. For He has subjected everything under His feet (Ps 8,6)!  But when He says everything has been subjected, clearly this is apart from the One who has subjected everything to Him. But when everything has been subjected to Him, then Son Himself will become subject to the One who has subjected everything to Him, that God may be all in all.

I Corinthians 15,50:  But this I say, Brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.

Colossians 1,12:  Giving thanks to the father, who rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of His love, in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins.

II Peter 1,10-11:  So, rather, brothers, be eager to make firm your calling and choice … for the us entry into the internal kingdom of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

James 2,5:  Hasn’t God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs to the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 1,5-6:  Glory and dominion forever and ever to the one who loves us and ransomed us from our sins in His blood and He made us a kingdom, priests to God and His Father.

Revelation  11,15:  The kingdom of the world of our Lord and His Christ has come about, and He shall rein forever and ever.

Revelation 12,10:  Now have come about the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ.

Revelation 19,7:  Let us rejoice and delight, and give the glory to Him because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself.

Revelation 21,1:  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth … and I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from heaven from God, prepared like a bride decorated for her husband.

Revelation 21,10-11:  He showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down from heaven from God, possessing the glory of God.

Revelation 22,17:  And the Spirit and the bride say come.

Gabrielle Bossis (1874-1950) He and I Vol 2 p21: ‘The confidence of His children and God’s glory, and their love is His kingdom … When the whole earth has declared its love, then His kingdom will come and the times will be fulfilled.’

The Song of the nightingale

The loveliness of the wood

In the still of the night

With the flame that

Consumes with no pain.

The stillness of the night

At the approach of dawn

The muted music

The sounding solitude

The meal that refreshes

And inspires love.

How gently and lovingly

You awaken within my breast

Where you dwell secretly alone

And with your fragrant breath

Full of good and glory

How delicately you inspire

Love within me.

Forget the creature

Remember the creator

Attend interiorly

Then love the beloved.

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Let nothing trouble you,
Let nothing frighten you.
Everything passes
God Alone does not change
Patience obtains everything
If you have God
You have everything
God alone is enough.

~translated by Dr. O’Neill