Brothers And Sisters In Christ

And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?' — read the full passage →

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

Let brotherly love remain;

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, `Hail!' — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

we--we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

<FI> Beth.<Fi> With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

and Jesus having taken up <FI>the word<Fi> , said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving <FI>him<Fi> half dead. — read the full passage →

`Say ye to your brethren--Ammi, And to your sisters--Ruhamah.

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now; — read the full passage →

and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with <FI>it<Fi> do all the members;

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' --and they were being stumbled at him.

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love? — read the full passage →

and his sisters--are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

no more as a servant, but above a servant--a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

`These things I command you, that ye love one another;

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Precious she <FI>is<Fi> above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

and did not know her till she brought forth her son--the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El--three.

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning--the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning;

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;

Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou <FI>art<Fi> .' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea--for they were fishers--

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but--to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins <FI>are<Fi> in her womb; — read the full passage →

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,