Thematic Bible: To brethren
Thematic Bible
Duty » To brethren » Wives
She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,
And let the king's decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly."
To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,
Duty » To brethren » To the weak
To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'
Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
"If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.
Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
Verse Concepts
Forgiveness, Application Ofevil, believers' responses toGrace, In Human RelationshipsMaliceOpposition, To Sin And EvilPersecution, Attitudes ToPrayer, For OthersReconciliation, Between BelieversSuffering SaintsIntercessory PrayerPersecution, Christian ResponseDuties To EnemiesDifferent TeachingsLove Your Neighbour!Praying For Sinners
If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."
Duty » To brethren » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Duty » To brethren » Fervent
You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
Verse Concepts
GenuinenessCommitment, to God's peopleHoliness, Believers' Growth InLove, For One AnotherLove, Nature OfMinistry, In The ChurchPurificationLoving OthersLove To OthersSincerity, In Christian LivingBrotherhoodBrotherly LoveSincereityThe Truth Of The GospelBeing Cleansed From SinLove Fellow Christians!Obeying The Gospel
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
Verse Concepts
LoveCommitment, to God's peopleAssurance, nature ofBirth, SpiritualAttitudes, to other peopleOrigins Of Spiritual LifeLove, For One AnotherRegenerationSpiritualityLoving OthersNew Birth, Evidenced ByLove To OthersBrotherly LoveAgape LoveLove Fellow Christians!Loving Your EnemiesLove to ChristReciprocityFriendsBest Friends
Duty » To brethren » Sincere
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Duty » To brethren » Impartial
So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Duty » To brethren » Unselfish
The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Duty » To brethren » Christ's love the standard of
My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.
Duty » To brethren » Proof of discipleship
Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples -- if you have love for one another."
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- Agape Love
- Attitudes, to other people
- Being A Women
- Being Loved
- Being Yourself
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- Brothers Love
- Commitment, to God's people
- Communication In Marriage
- Duties To Enemies
- Duties To Neighbours
- Encouraging Others
- Enemies
- Forgiveness, Application Of
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- Fulfilling The Law
- God's Love For Us
- Gods Love
- Help The Weak
- Husband And Wife
- Love
- Love And Relationships
- Love Fellow Christians!
- Love Marriage
- Love To Others
- Love To Others, Evidence Of
- Love Your Neighbour!
- Love, For One Another
- Love, Nature Of
- Love, Of Fellow Man
- Loving Everyone
- Loving One Another
- Loving Others
- Loving Your Enemies
- Loving Your Wife
- Loving Yourself
- Ministry, In The Church
- Neighbours
- Responsibility, For God's World
- Second Commandment
- Self Esteem
- Showing Hypocrisy
- Support
- Treating Others
- True Love
- Unfaithfulness, To People
- Weakness
- Weakness, Physical
- Weakness, Spiritual
- Wives
- Wives, Duties Of
- Women's Roles
- Decisions
- Ethics, personal
- Evil, believers' responses to
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- Loving
- Spouse