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Loving Your Brother And Sister
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If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. — read the full passage →
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; — read the full passage →
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? — read the full passage →
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Let all your things be done with charity.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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 →
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. — read the full passage →
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. — read the full passage →
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: — read the full passage →
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; — read the full passage →
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Let brotherly love continue.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea:
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
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