36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers
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because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers
Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.
Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but as worldly people, as mere infants in the Messiah.
Brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, I urge all of you to be in agreement and not to have divisions among you, so that you may be perfectly united in your understanding and opinions.
So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail.
Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on 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 the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.
From: Paul, called to be an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and from our brother Sosthenes.
Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
So Ananias left and went to that house. He laid his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were traveling, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
A few days later, Paul told Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing."
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!
At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.
15Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you could have him back forever, 16no longer as a slave but better than a slave as a dear brother, especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a believer.
because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers when he says, "I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation."
My brothers, do not let your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be tainted by favoritism.
This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.
Each of them was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers was completed, who would be killed as they themselves had been.
In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.
Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against the Messiah.
We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.
I am John, your brother and partner in the oppression, kingdom, and patience that comes because of Jesus. I was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.
May peace and love, with faith, be with the brothers, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah!
