Literally, Paul’s antidote is that everyone must say the same thing, but it’s clear from the context that what he is looking for is unity and not uniformity—not that everyone must have the identical opinion on every issue, but that when everyone has had their say, they move forward with consensus and with unity. And he uses the language of restoration, literally that they might be “restored,” the same word that’s used in the Gospels for when the disciples as fishermen, or others, are repairing or