36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers

For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Why, look at your own ranks, my brothers; not many wise men (that is, judged by human standards), not many leading men, not many of good birth, have been called!

Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love.

But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ.

Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, with brother Sosthenes,

Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

So Ananias went off and entered the house, laying his hands on him with these words, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord, by Jesus who appeared to you on the road, to let you regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

[Move to follow vs 3] But the refractory Jews stirred up and exasperated the feeling of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Some days later, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come and let us go back to visit the brothers in every town where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord. Let us see how they are doing."

He had a good reputation among the brothers at Lystra and Iconium;

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

to the consecrated and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: grace and peace to you from God our Father.

O brothers beloved by God, we know he has chosen you;

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

Perhaps this was why you and he were parted for a while, that you might get him back for good, no longer a mere slave but something more than a slave ??a beloved brother; especially dear to me but how much more to you as a man and as a Christian!

For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, 'I will proclaim thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the church I will sing of thee,'

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

My brothers, as you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Glory, pay no servile regard to people.

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves.

Brothers, we charge you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to shun any brother who is loafing, instead of following the rule you got from us.

My brothers, if anyone of you goes astray from the truth and someone brings him back,

Brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy Presence in virtue of the blood of Jesus,

By sinning against the brotherhood in this way and wounding their weaker consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

Have we no right to travel with a Christian wife, like the rest of the apostles, like the brothers of the Lord, like Cephas himself?

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

Salute everyone of the brothers with a holy kiss.

Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

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