Romans 12:10

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Romans 12:10

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Kindly

In honour

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Bible References

Kindly

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

"What I command you to do is, to keep on loving one another.

for them all to be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I in union with you, for them to be in union with us, so that the world may be convinced that you have sent me.

Now there was but one heart and soul in the vast number of those who had become believers, and not one of them claimed that anything that he had was his own, but they shared everything that they had as common property.

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God's people,

Now as to brotherly love, you have no need of anyone's writing you, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing

You must let your brotherly love continue.

Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

Show honor to everyone. Practice love for the brotherhood; practice reverence to God and honor to the Emperor.

Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,

piety with brotherly affection, brotherly affection with universal love.

Whoever claims to be in the light, and yet continues to hate his brother is still in darkness.

This is the way to distinguish God's children from the devil's children. No one who fails to do right is God's child, and no one who fails to love his brother.

Dearly beloved, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another too.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child.

In honour

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

You younger men, on your part, must be submissive to the elders. And you must all put on the servant's apron of humility to one another, because God opposes the haughty but bestows His unmerited favor on the humble.

General references

and they like the places of honor at feasts and the front seats in synagogues,

Now a controversy sprang up among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.

This is my command to you, to keep on loving one another as I have loved you.

You must let your brotherly love continue.

This is the command that we get from Him, that whoever loves God loves his brother too.