7 Bible Verses about Brotherly Kindness

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1 John 4:7-21

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. read more.
Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us. This is how we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit. And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God. And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. In this, love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, for we are as He is in this world. There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen. And we have this command from Him: The one who loves God must also love his brother.

Romans 13:8-10

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

2 Peter 1:5-7

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

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Brotherly kindness » Encouraged

More verses: 1 Peter 1:5-6

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » David

2 Samuel 9:1

David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from Saul’s family I can show kindness to because of Jonathan?”

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » Joseph

Genesis 50:21

Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » moses

Exodus 2:17

Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The philippian jailer

Acts 16:33

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The good samaritan

Luke 10:34

He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » The barbarians

Brotherly kindness » Examples of » Boaz

Ruth 2:16

Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”

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