'Brethren' in the Bible
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.
As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back,