Any articles which are redistributed by e-mail or print must be left intact and nothing must be removed or changed, including these informational headers. All rights are reserved. O Timothy is a monthly magazine. The Bible speaks of unity in two different ways. The Bible condemns any proposed unity which is not founded in God's truth.
Ecumenism means the whole world, and it is the spirit of the end times apostasy.
In this passage we see true biblical unity. It is not a unity which man must make, but which man is merely to keep. The Holy Spirit must make this unity, because it is a unity of those who are truly born of the Spirit. Contrast this with the ecumenical concept of bringing together all who name the name of Christ regardless of whether or not they are regenerate Christians. Biblical unity is impossible apart from the one true and settled faith taught by the Apostles.