7 Bible Verses about Brotherly Kindness
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But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God: and every one that loves, has been begotten of God, and knows God. He that loves not, does not know God; for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.read more.
In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen, and we do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the. world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him. By this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because, as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment: he that fears is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If any man say, I love God, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother, whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from him: That he that loves God, must love his brother also.
Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law. For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love works no evil to our neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
so, even for this very purpose, uniting to these things all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;
that your faith, when proved, being much more precious than gold, which perishes though it be tried by fire, may be found to be for praise and honor and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a merciful disposition, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering:
Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love boasts not; is not vain,
and be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » David
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » Joseph
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » moses
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The philippian jailer
And he took them at that hour of the night, and washed the blood from their stripes; and he was immersed, himself and all his, immediately.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The good samaritan
And he went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and he put him on his own beast, and carried him to an inn, and took care of him.
Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The barbarians
And the barbarians showed us no ordinary kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the rain which was falling, and because of the cold.