36 Bible Verses about Christians Being Called Brothers

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

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

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

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

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

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

Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and 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 disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which 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.

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

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil 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.

knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, 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 sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying,
“I will proclaim 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, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.

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

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,

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

And so, by sinning against the 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 rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

But we do not want you to be uninformed, 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 fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are 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, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

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