Unity versus uniformity

Jesus said, 'By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another' (John 13:35). Uniformity is an attempt to impose a state of no change or difference in any one under any circumstances. Being a follower of Jesus is not like that. Unity, meanwhile, suggests an acceptance of those who are different, loving each other and being as one unit. 'There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, not is there male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28).