7 Bible Verses about Brotherly Kindness
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But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God. He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love. And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.read more.
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins. My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another. No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us: And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us. And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God. And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him. In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love. We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us. If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen? And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law. And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
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- Brotherly (9 instances)
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » David
And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » Joseph
So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » moses
And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The philippian jailer
And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The good samaritan
And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The barbarians
And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » Boaz
And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.