Sibling Love

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?

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

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

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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

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.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. — read the full passage →

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

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.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

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

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

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

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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 brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Let all your things be done with charity.

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 →

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

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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 →

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

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

We love him, because he first loved us.

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?

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

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.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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

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.

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.

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.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

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

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:

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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.

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

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 →

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

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. — 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.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

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:

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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

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

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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