Prefer One Another

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.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

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:

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for 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. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

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

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Let brotherly love continue.

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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

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

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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

and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

“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.’

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

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

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

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Let all that you do be done in love.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

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.

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?

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 →

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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?

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

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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 →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?