Brotherly love

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• Romans 12:10

  Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

• 1 John 4:20

  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

• Hebrews 13:1

  Let brotherly love continue.

• 1 Corinthians 13:4–8

  Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; …

• John 13:34

  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

• John 15:13

  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

• 1 Peter 3:8

  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

• 1 John 4:7

  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

• 1 John 3:18

  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

• John 13:34–35

  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

• John 13:35

  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

• 1 Corinthians 12:26

  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:9

  But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

• 1 Corinthians 16:14

  Let all your things be done with charity.

• Colossians 3:14

  And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

• 1 Corinthians 13:1–13

  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. …

• 1 John 3:14

  We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

• Proverbs 17:17

  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

• 1 John 3:16

  Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

• 1 Peter 2:17

  Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

• 1 John 4:12

  No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

• 1 John 3:11

  For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

• 1 John 3:1

  Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

• Psalms 133:1

  A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• Romans 5:8

  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

• 1 Peter 1:22

  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

• 2 Peter 1:7

  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

• 1 Peter 4:8

  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

• Hebrews 13:1–3

  Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

• 1 John 4:8

  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

• Galatians 5:22–23

  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

• John 15:17

  These things I command you, that ye love one another.

• Luke 6:27

  But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

• Romans 13:10

  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

• Mark 12:33

  And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

• James 2:5

  Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

• 1 John 4:11–12

  Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

• Mark 12:30

  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.