36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers

For both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to fleshly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as carnal men, as infants in Christ.

I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;

But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

So Ananias departed and entered the house. And after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."

and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: grace to you and peace from God our Father.

For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

For both he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, "I will declare your name to my brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

My brethren, show no favoritism as you hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Then each of them were given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be completed, who were to be killed as they had been.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

My brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.

Take care, brethren, lest there be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.