Sisterly Love

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

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.

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.

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

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

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 →

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — read the full passage →

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 whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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:

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

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

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.

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

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

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

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.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

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 →

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

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

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 →

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: — read the full passage →

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

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

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.

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

Let brotherly love continue.

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.

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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

Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.

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

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

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?

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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.

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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.

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

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

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.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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

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.

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

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

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

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

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.