Brotherhood

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?

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

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

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up. — read the full passage →

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Let brotherly love continue.

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

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

make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! — read the full passage →

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

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?

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:

Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

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

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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

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,

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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 →

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

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

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,

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 →

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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.”

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

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.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

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.

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,

For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

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

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

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

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.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

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.

saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. — read the full passage →

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. — read the full passage →

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

and saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? — read the full passage →

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

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, — 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? — read the full passage →

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

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

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →