About Your Brother

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? — read the full passage →

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Let brotherly love continue.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? — read the full passage →

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” — read the full passage →

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. — read the full passage →

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’” — read the full passage →

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. — read the full passage →

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. — read the full passage →

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. — read the full passage →

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids. — read the full passage →

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. — read the full passage →

Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. — read the full passage →

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →