Sisterly Love

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understandingthy kinswoman:

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth 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 that my soul may live because of thee.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

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

Hereby know we love, 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 your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

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

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

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

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

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

I can do all things in him that 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. — read the full passage →

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

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, — read the full passage →

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

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

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

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

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

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;

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

For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

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

And they shall go in to 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 the darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive 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 love of the brethren continue.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him 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, Ruhamah.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But 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 each his neighbor’s good.

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

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

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

and their 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 she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

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

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is 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 shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

But God commendeth his own 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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born 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 good works;

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Let love of the brethren continue. — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor 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 Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

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

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Rejoice with them that rejoice; 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

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