loving your brother and sister
What does the Bible say about loving your brother and sister? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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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?
4:19Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us. 4:20If 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? 4:21And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.
5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God. 5:2In this way, we know that we love those born of God: when we love God and do his commandments. 5:3For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.
22But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.
16We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers. 17Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him? 18My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth. 19In this way, we will know that we are of the truth, and we will commend our hearts in his sight. 20For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things. 21Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;
16We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.
32And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
21And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.
10loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:
34I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
5A fool laughs at the discipline of his father. But whoever preserves rebukes will become astute. In abundant justice, there is very great virtue. But the intentions of the impious will be eradicated.
9Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now. 10Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of offense in him. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes.
23Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.