Hating Your Brother

Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

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?

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

`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 if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

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

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where <FI>is<Fi> Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper--I?'

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Let brotherly love remain;

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

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

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. — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

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

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

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

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 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;

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

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

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

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

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,

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. — read the full passage →

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us; — read the full passage →

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

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

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

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;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love 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--

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;

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'

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

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

`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 →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each <FI>are<Fi> the men of his house.

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

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

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`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; — 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? — read the full passage →

`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak <FI>to<Fi> him peaceably.

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning <FI>for<Fi> my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?'

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they--they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

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;

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate <FI>it<Fi> , Thy law I have loved.

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 →

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

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

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

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok; — read the full passage →

And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou <FI>art<Fi> my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what <FI>is<Fi> thy hire.' — read the full passage →