Let brotherly love continue.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let brotherly love continue.
- BSB Continue in brotherly love.
- 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 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?
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 1 Pet 1:22Seeing 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 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 2 Jn 1:5–6And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
- Rom 12:9–10Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- Heb 10:24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
- 1 Jn 2:9–10He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 2 Th 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- Heb 6:10–11For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- 1 Pet 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- John 13:34–35A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- 1 Jn 3:10–18In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- 1 Jn 3:23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
- Phil 2:1–3If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
- Gal 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- 1 Th 4:9–10But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- Rev 2:4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
- John 15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- Gal 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- 1 Jn 4:7–11Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
- Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Eph 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Acts 2:44–46And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
- Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Eph 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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