brothers and sisters in christ
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48But responding to the one speaking to him, he said, “Which one is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49And extending his hand to his disciples, he said: “Behold: my mother and my brothers. 50For anyone who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
20If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?
5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another. 35By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.”
1You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers; 2with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.
17Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.
50For anyone who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
7Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
11But now I have written to you: do not associate with anyone who is called a brother and yet is a fornicator, or greedy, or a servant of idolatry, or a slanderer, or inebriated, or a robber. With such a one as this, do not even take food.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
25not deserting our assembly, as some are accustomed to do, but consoling one another, and even more so as you see that the day is approaching.
1May fraternal charity remain in you.
10If anyone comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not be willing to receive him into the house, and do not speak a greeting to him. 11For whoever speaks a greeting to him, is speaking with his evil works.
31But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
9Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,