Prefer One Another

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.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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:

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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 →

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

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.

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

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.

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Let brotherly love continue.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Greet one another with an holy kiss.

All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Let all your things be done with charity.

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: — read the full passage →

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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?

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: — read the full passage →

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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 →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?