1 Peter 3:8

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1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Be

Having

Love as brethren

Pitiful

Matthew 18:33

James 5:11

Courteous

General references

Bible References

Be

SO when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with unanimity assembled together.

And in the multitude of those that believed there was one heart and soul: and not one person said, that any part of his substance was his peculiar property; but all things were in common among them.

Be of the same mind among each other. Affect not high things, but be condescending to the lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Now the God of patience and consolation give you to be like-minded among each other, according to Christ Jesus:

Now I conjure you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be perfectly united together in the same mind and the same sentiment.

Nevertheless, so far as we have advanced, be it our care to walk by the same rule, to mind the same thing.

Having

and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?

But a certain Samaritan travelling, came by him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion,

Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.

And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members rejoice with it.

For judgment without mercy shall be on him who shewed no mercy, and mercy glorieth against judgment.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation.

Love as brethren

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love each other intensely out of a pure heart:

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

In brotherly affection be tenderly attached to each other; in honour preferring one another:

LET brotherly love continue.

and with piety fraternal affection; and with fraternal affection love.

We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Pitiful

and oughtest thou not to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?

Behold, we esteem those blessed who patiently endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; for the Lord is full of bowels of mercy, and tenderly compassionate.

Courteous

And the next day we arrived at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul with the greatest humanity, and permitted him to go to his friends, to enjoy the benefit of their care.

Now in the vicinity of that place was the estate of the principal person on the island, named Publius, who received us into his house, and lodged us with great humanity three days.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and scandal, be removed from you, with all malice:

BE ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are serious, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are laudable, if there be any virtue, or any thing praise-worthy, pay attention to these things.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

General references

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.

And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members rejoice with it.

LET brotherly love continue.

So this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.