36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers

For both he who sanctifies and those whom he is sanctifying are all from One; for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying.

For consider your own calling, brothers, that not many wise in earthly wisdom, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, have been called.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.

As for me, brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual men, but as to creatures of flesh, mere babes in Christ.

Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.

So, brothers, take diligent care to make your calling and election sure; for if you do this, you will never stumble.

Resist him, standing firm in the faith, knowing well that the same afflictions are being accomplished in your brothers that are in the world.

Therefore, holy brothers, comrades of a heavenly calling, fix your thoughts then upon Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, his brother.

"Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I am not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

And so Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, has sent me that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But the disobedient Jews stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and embittered them against them against the brothers.

And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let is go back and visit the brothers in every city in which we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they fare."

He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconiun.

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

to the holy and believing brothers in Christ who are in Colosse. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

For I know, O brothers, beloved of God, that he has chosen you;

But for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves, I ought to give thanks to God continually, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

Perhaps for this reason you were separated from him for an hour, in order that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a brother beloved; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both as a man and a fellow Christian.

For both he who sanctifies and those whom he is sanctifying are all from One; for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying. I will proclaim thy name to my brothers; In the midst of the Church I will hymn thy praises.

My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,

My brothers, do not hold the faith of the Lord Jesus, the Lord of Glory, in a spirit of caste.

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

And there was given to each one of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for yet a little time, until the number should be completed by their fellow slaves and their brethren who were about to be put to death as they had been.

I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,

Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

Have I no right to take a believing wife with me on my journey, as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Peter do?

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not sorrow like other men, who have no hope.

I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

See to it, brothers, that there shall never be in any one of you an evil and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in apostasy from the living God.

Peace to the brothers and love, with faith from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.