36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

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

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

I appeal to you, brothers, 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 the same judgment.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

Therefore, holy brothers, you 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, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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

Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers 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 laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

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

He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, 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 brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, 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 he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

My brothers,show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

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

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

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

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

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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

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

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

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

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