Sisterly Love

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

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

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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

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

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?

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

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

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

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.

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Let all that you do be done in love.

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

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 →

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. — read the full passage →

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

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

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,

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

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

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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:

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

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

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

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? — 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 brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

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 →

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

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

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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 →

“‘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.

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, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: — read the full passage →

For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

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

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 who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

Let brotherly love continue.

“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.’

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 who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; 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.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

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

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

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

“‘If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing. They shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his iniquity.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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

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

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

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

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

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? — read the full passage →

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

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

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

If then you 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 those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. — read the full passage →

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 →

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.