61 Bible Verses about Brotherly Love

"Whoever impresses you to go one mile, go two miles with him. "Give to him who asks, and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

"Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and whoever receives a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. "And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

"Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink?read more.
"'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?'

For whoever gives you even a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, in solemn truth I tell you, that he shall certainly not lose his reward.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.'" "The second is this, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Other command greater than these there is none."

and that beside him there is none other, and to love him with all one's heart and with all one's understanding and with all one's might, and to love one's neighbor as oneself is far beyond all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

And as you would like men to do to you, So do you also to them. "If you love those who love you what credit is it to you? Why even sinners love those who love them. "And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same.read more.
"And if you lend to those from whom you are hoping to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so as to get as much back. "But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

"You must love the Lord your God," he answered, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."

But he, determined to justify himself, said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered. "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell among bandits who both stripped him and beat him, and went off leaving him half dead. "Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side.read more.
"In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him was moved with compassion. "He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him. "The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.' "Which then of these three seems to you to have behaved like a neighbor to the man who fell among bandits?" He replied, "The one who showed mercy on him." "Go, then," said Jesus, "and do likewise."

If then I have washed your feet, I the 'Master' and the 'Teacher', you also ought to wash one another's feet, for I have given you an example, that you also should do what I have done to you.

I give you a new commandment, Love one another! By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."

"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you. "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

"This is my command. to love one another. If the worlds hates you,

Why, a man will hardly give his life for another, even for a righteous man, though perchance for a good man one might even take it upon himself to die.

Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good. As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love never wrongs his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.

So then let is eagerly pursue the things that make for peace and the upbuilding of each other.

The right course is not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything through which your brother is made to stumble.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure. Let each one of us try to make his neighbor happy for his good, unto his upbuilding.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, lest I make my brother to stumble.

Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor's good.

Though I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have no love, I am become a clanging brass, or a clashing cymbal. Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I sell all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it avails me nothing.read more.
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up, is not rude, nor selfish, nor easily provoked. Love bears no malice, never rejoices over wrong-doing, but rejoices when the truth rejoices. It knows how to be silent, it is trustful, hopeful, patient, enduring. Love never fails; but though there are prophecies, they will fail; though there are tongues, they will cease; though there is knowledge, it will be superseded.

Faith, Hope, Love endure??hese three; but the greatest of these is Love.

Let all that you do be done in love.

If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort?? comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.

as some indeed did recognize in part at last, that I am your cause of boasting, just as you will be mine on the Day of Jesus our Lord.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.

But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted. Ever be bearing one another's burdens, and so be fulfilling the law of Christ.

So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

With all humility and gentleness and long-suffering forbear with one another in love;

and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.

Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (since I heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love to all the saints)

Therefore, as God's chosen people, consecrated and beloved, clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, good temper; bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as Christ the Lord forgave you, so must you forgive. Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness.

Meanwhile, may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as I do toward you.

It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.

and let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and good works;

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

If you are keeping the royal law, which says, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself, you are doing well.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Reverence God. Honor the Emperor.

Finally, you should all be harmonious, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble-minded; not paying back evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but on the contrary giving a blessing. Because for this you have been called??o inherit a blessing.

Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.

and to piety brotherly love, and to brotherly love, love itself.

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. But he who loves his brother is abiding in the light, and in it there is no cause of stumbling. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and is spending his life in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. For this is the message that you have listened to from the beginning, "WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER." We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother's, righteous.read more.
Do not wonder, brothers, if the world continues to hate you.

By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. But whoever has this world's goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him? My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.

His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of God.

If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another. No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen. And we have this command from God: HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father, loves him also who is the Father's Child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

And now I am entreating you, Lady, not as though I were writing some new commandment to you, but one which we have had from the beginning, let us love one another.