“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. — Philostorgos (tenderly affectionate, familial love) marks Christian community. Timaō (honor, value highly) eis allēlous (one another) prioritizes community dignity over self-preference. This counters cultural honor systems where self-promotion dominates.
Church Fathers on Romans 12:10
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.” You are brethren, he means, and have come of the same pangs. Hence even on this head you ought to love one another. And this Moses said to those who were quarrelling in Egypt, “You are brethren, why do ye wrong one to another?” Exodus 2:13 When then he is speaking of those without, he says, “If it be possible, as much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18 But when he is speaking of his own, he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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