Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 11 Bible Verses About Brotherhood
The Bible speaks about believers being brothers and sisters in Christ, so here are the top 11 Bible verses about brotherhood, which includes the sisterhood of believers too.
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Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
- 1 Peter 2:17
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What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that.
- James 2:14-16
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For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Ecclesiastes 4:10-12
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Let brotherly love continue.
- Hebrews 13:1
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As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 1 Samuel
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If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 4:20
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Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:10
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By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 John 3:16
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A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
- John 13:34-35
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 17:17
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Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 15:13
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