61 Bible Verses about Brotherly Love

And if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

honor your father and mother, and, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?read more.
When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.read more.
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

And he answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.read more.
So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

This I command you, that you love one another.

Why, one will hardly die for a righteous manthough perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in showing honor.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Let us therefore pursue what makes for peace and for mutual edification.

It is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

May the God of patience and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to fall.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.read more.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, it keeps no record of wrongs, it does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

So now faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Let all that you do be done in love.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings that we suffer.

as you have understood us in part, that you can be proud of us just as we can be of you, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have for all the saints,

So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord forgave you, so you also must forgive. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

Now concerning love of the brethren you have no need to have any one write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves are also in the body.

If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.

Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble in spirit. Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but give a blessing instead; for to this you were called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Above all, hold unfailing your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.read more.
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or tongue but in deed and in truth.

And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

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

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.