'Dear' in the Bible

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?