Bible Quiz: Unity in the Body of Christ

In John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

What was the new command that Jesus gave to His disciples?

• Return tithe to the church

• Worship on Sunday

• Keep the Sabbath

• Love one another

In John 17:20-21, Jesus Prays for All Believers20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

What does Jesus ask of His Father, regarding all those people who believe in Him?

• That they would remember Him

• That they would be one in God

• That they would live forever

John 17:23 (NIV) 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

What word goes before the word "unity" in this text?

1 Corinthians 12:13 (NIV) 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Into how many different 'bodies' were the early Christians baptised?

Ephesians 4:3 (NIV) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

What phrase does Paul use to describe the unity of the early Church?

• The unity of the chosen

• The unity of the disciples

• The unity of the body

• The unity of the Spirit

Ephesians 4:4-6(NIV) 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Romans 6:3-6(NIV)3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

What unifying action does Paul talk which unites us all to Christ and ensures that we will be united with Him in the resurrection?

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV) 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

Different gifts were given to members of the early church, but what stayed the same?

• The Spirit

• The unity

• The mission

• The witness

Romans 15:5-6(5NIV) May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul prays that the early Christians would be given a "spirit of unity". With what would they then glorify God?

• Their spiritual gifts

• One mind and mouth

• Their bodies

• Their money

1 Corinthians 1:10 (NIV) 10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

In Paul's appeal for unity in the church at Corinth, what did he want to get rid of among the members?

• Sickness

• False leaders

• Poverty

• Divisions