Continue in brotherly love.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let brotherly love continue.
- KJV Let brotherly love continue.
- NKJV Let brotherly love continue.
- NASB Let love of the brothers and sisters continue.
- NLT Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.
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Quick answer
Let brotherly love continue. The mutual love among believers is to remain constant and ongoing.
Overview
Turning to practical exhortations, the author urges that the affection believers have for one another as a spiritual family persist and not grow cold. "Brotherly love" is the love proper to those who are children of God together. Such enduring love is the natural fruit of the gospel and a mark of those united to Christ (John 13:34–35).
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- 1 Jn 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 2 Pet 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
- 1 Pet 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
- 2 Jn 1:5–6And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
- Rom 12:9–10Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- Heb 10:24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- 1 Jn 2:9–10If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- 2 Th 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- Heb 6:10–11For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- 1 Pet 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- John 13:34–35A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- 1 Jn 3:10–18By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- 1 Jn 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
- Phil 2:1–3Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
- Gal 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- 1 Th 4:9–10Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- Rev 2:4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
- John 15:17This is My command to you: Love one another.
- Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- 1 Jn 4:7–11Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- Eph 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Acts 2:44–46All the believers were together and had everything in common.
- Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Eph 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
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