Five Teamwork Verses From The Bible

1. 1 Peter 4:8-10 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.

This verse encourages teammates to use their talents to serve others, and to adapt their skills to fill the roles the team needs filled. Being kind and serving gladly, instead of complaining, are tremendously important skills for teammates.

2. Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the day approaching.

Everyone in your organization needs encouragement and wants to feel a part of something greater than themselves. Build relationships and trust that create a more positive, caring, and cohesive culture.

3. 1 Corinthians 12:17-20 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

Great teams have people that know their role and appreciate others as well.

4. Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Teammates expectations and attitudes and behaviors absolutely impact those around them. We all are sharpened and improved by the interactions and examples of our peers.

5. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

To accomplish great things, teammates need to look for opportunities to pick others up as well when they stumble.

—The Coaching and leadership Journal