Reference: Brotherly Love
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Philadelphia is not' brother-like love,' but 'brother-love,' the love one has for brothers or sisters, scil, 'love of the brethren,'
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Ye have heard that it was said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; read more. that ye may become sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye that excelleth? Do not even the heathen the same? Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
After this manner therefore pray ye:Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, be said, Behold, my mother and my brothers! For whoever doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher; and ye are all brethren. And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven.
Then Jesus saith to them, Be not afraid; go, tell my brethren to depart into Galilee, and there they shall see me.
A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this will all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one for another.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Brethren, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you was the word of this salvation sent forth.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God. For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage so as to be again in fear; but ye received the spirit of adopted children, whereby we cry, Abba, Father! read more. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and fellowheirs with Christ; if indeed we are suffering with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
For he determined beforehand that those whom he foreknew should be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.
Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer. Relieve the wants of the holy; be given to hospitality.
If it be possible, as far as dependeth on you, be at peace with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather make room for wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." read more. Therefore, "if thy enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head." Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law. For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." read more. Love worketh no ill to ones neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.
But now I am going to Jerusalem on a service of relief to the saints.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit. read more. For the body also is not one member, but many. If the foot say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body? And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, is it for this reason not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him. And if they were all one member, where would be the body? But now there are, indeed, many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, still more, those members of the body which seem to be weak, are necessary; and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness; while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked, that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And so if one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members individually. And
And to show that ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father! So then thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.
For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one commandment, even in this "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." read more. But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God,
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice;
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet odor.
and over all these things put on the robe of love, which is the bond of perfectness;
But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and are still ministering to the saints.
Let brotherly love continue.
Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
But works of kindness and liberality forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart, fervently;
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth unto unfeigned brotherly love, love one another from the heart, fervently;
Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;
whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren in the world.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. read more. Hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and bear witness, that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whoever acknowledgeth that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath in regard to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love, because he first loved us. If any one saith, 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 this commandment we have from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.
saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardes, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.