61 Bible Verses about Brotherly Love

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two miles with him. If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man. And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

Honor your father and mother,' and 'You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger, you invited me to your homes, when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.' Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?read more.
When did we see you a stranger, and invite you home, or without clothing, and supply you with it? When did we see you sick or in prison, and go to see you?'

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground that you belong to Christ, I tell you, will certainly not fail to be repaid.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.' And this is the second: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

and to love him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self is far more than all these burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And treat men just as you wish them to treat you. If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that? For even godless people love those who love them. And if you help only those who help you, what merit is there in that? Even godless people act in that way.read more.
And if you lend only to people from whom you expect to get something, what merit is there in that? Even godless people lend to godless people, meaning to get it back again in full. But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.

He answered, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, and your whole mind,' and 'your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

But he, wishing to justify his question, said, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers, and they stripped him and beat him and went off leaving him half dead. Now a priest happened to be going that way, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side of the road.read more.
And a Levite also came to the place, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side. But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him, and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out a dollar and gave it to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will refund to you on my way back.' Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Go and do so yourself!"

If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet too. For I have set you an example, in order that you may do what I have done to you.

I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must love one another. By this they will all know that you are my disciples??y your love for one another."

The command that I give you is to love one another just as I have loved you. No one can show greater love than by giving up his life for his friends.

"What I command you to do is to love one another.

Why, a man will hardly give his life for an upright person, though perhaps for a really good man some may be brave enough to die.

Your love must be genuine. You must hate what is wrong, and hold to what is right. Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor,

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

Owe nobody anything??xcept the duty of mutual love, for whoever loves his fellow-men has fully satisfied the Law. For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery, You must not murder, You must not steal, You must not covet," and any other commandments there are, are all summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself." Love never wrongs a neighbor, and so love fully satisfies the Law.

Let us, therefore, keep before us whatever will contribute to peace and the development of one another.

The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.

It is the duty of us who are strong to put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves. Everyone of us must try to please his neighbor, to do him good, and help in his development.

May God, from whom steadfastness and encouragement come, give you such harmony with one another, in following the example of Christ Jesus,

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

I will show you a far better way. If I can speak the languages of men and even of angels, but have no love, I am only a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal. If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing. Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good.read more.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs. It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful. It is not happy over injustice, it is only happy with truth. It will bear anything, believe anything, hope for anything, endure anything. Love will never die out. If there is inspired preaching, it will pass away. If there is ecstatic speaking, it will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

So faith, hope, and love endure. These are the great three, and the greatest of them is love.

Do everything with love.

If I am in trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation, and if I am comforted, it is for the sake of the comfort which you experience when you steadfastly endure such sufferings as I also have to bear.

as some of you have come to understand me, and that you will understand that you have a right to be proud of me, as I have of you, on the Day of our Lord Jesus.

For you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for the physical, but in love be slaves to one another.

But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Let us not in our vanity challenge one another or envy one another.

But if a man is caught doing something wrong, brothers, you are spiritual, and you must set him right, in a spirit of gentleness. Think of yourself, for you may be tempted too. Bear one another's burdens, and in that way carry out the law of the Christ.

So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another lovingly.

You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

make me perfectly happy by living in harmony, with the same attitude of love, with the same feeling and purpose.

We never pray for you without thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for what we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all God's people,

As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance. You must bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has reason to be offended with anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive. And over all these put on love, which completes them and fastens them all together.

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all men wide and full like my love for you,

You do not need to have anyone write to you about brotherly love, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.

For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have showed for his cause, in giving help to your fellow-Christians as you still do.

By observing one another, let us arouse ourselves to rival one another's love and good deeds.

Your love for the brotherhood must continue. Do not forget to be hospitable to strangers, for by being so some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests. Remember those who are in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated as being yourselves liable to the same trials.

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily,

Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest, not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.

Above all keep your love for one another strong, because love covers up a host of sins.

piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love.

Whoever says, "I am in the light," and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother is always in the light and puts no hindrance in anyone's way. But whoever hates his brother is in darkness, and is living in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

This is how the children of God and those of the devil can be distinguished: No one who does not act uprightly or who does not love his brother is a child of God. For the message you have heard from the beginning is this: We must love one another. We must not be like Cain who was a child of the evil one, and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.read more.
You must not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you!

We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart? Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.

His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God, and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

Dear friends, if God has loved us so, we ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

If anyone says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must love his brother also.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves those who are his children. This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.

And now I beg you, my lady??ot as though I were writing you any new command, but one which we have had from the beginning??et us love one another.