'Brethren' in the Bible
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.
For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ.
Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.
I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.
Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.
But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea;
So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware.
But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?
Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues.
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,
After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;
I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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.
So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.
But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.
Now I urge you, brethren (you know the household of Stephanas, that they were the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves for ministry to the saints),
All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.