36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers
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for both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all deriv'd from one: for which cause he is not asham'd to call them brethren, saying,
for consider, brethren, that not many worldly wise, not many men of power, not many men of birth are among you that are called.
for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.
However, I could not speak to you, my brethren, as to the spiritual, or as to the dispassionate, but as to novices in christianity.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Wherefore be the more diligent, my brethren, to secure your vocation and election by your virtuous actions, for by so doing, you will never relapse:
resist him by the steadiness of your faith, considering that your brethren among the Gentiles, suffer the same persecutions as you do.
Wherefore, christian brethren, you who are called to an heavenly inheritance, consider the apostle and high priest of the faith we profess, even Christ Jesus;
for whom he before approv'd, he predispos'd to follow the example of his son, who was to conduct them all as their elder brother;
Paul appointed by the divine will to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes our brother,
that is to say, master! Jesus said to her, touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, "I ascend unto my father and your father, even my God and your God."
Ananias therefore departed, and being arrived at the house, he put his hands on Saul, and said, brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus that appeared to you on your journey hither, hath sent me, that you might obtain your sight, and be filled with the holy spirit.
but the disbelieving Jews practis'd upon the Gentiles, and inflam'd their minds against the brethren.
Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, let us return to visit all those cities, where we have preach'd the word of the Lord, to see what condition the brethren are in.
as the brethren of Lystra and Iconium gave him a good character, Paul had a mind he should accompany him.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.
therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.
to our faithful brethren the christian converts at Coloss. favour and peace be to you from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
for we are persuaded, my brethren, that you are the peculiar objects of divine favour;
As for you, my brethren, the favourites of the Lord, we are oblig'd to render perpetual thanks to God, for having chosen you from the beginning, in purifying you by his spirit, upon your believing the gospel.
perhaps he quitted you for a while, to be yours for ever after: not as a slave, but in another quality, as a dear brother whom I particularly value, but much more should you, both as he is your servant, and as he is a christian.
for both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all deriv'd from one: for which cause he is not asham'd to call them brethren, saying, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee."
Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this,
this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren.
and white robes were given to every one of them, and it was said unto them, that they should have patience yet for a little while, till the number of their fellow-servants, and their brethren, that should be killed, as they were, should be complete.
We direct you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from all those of your brethren, whose conduct is irregular, and not agreeable to the instructions they received from us.
My brethren, when any of you deviates from the truth, whoever sets him right, may be assured,
Wherefore, my brethren, since by virtue of the blood of Jesus we have the liberty of entring into the holy of holies,
but when you thus offend against the brethren, by wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
have not we the liberty to take a christian woman with us in our travels, as well as the rest of the apostles, as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas did?
Now I would not have you, my brethren, be mistaken about the state of the dead, lest you should be as greatly afflicted as those, who have no hope.
I JOHN, who am your brother, and partake in the tribulation, in the reign, and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony I gave of Jesus Christ.
salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you such incredulity as to make you desert the living God.
may our brethren have peace, social affection, and faith from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
