Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Parallel translations
- WEB In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
- BSB Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
- NKJV Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
- NASB Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor,
- NLT Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
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Quick answer
Show warm, family affection to one another and outdo one another in showing honor.
Overview
Paul calls believers to love marked by tender, brotherly affection, the warmth of a true family in Christ. 'In honor preferring one another' means actively esteeming and giving way to others rather than seeking one's own status. Such mutual honor reflects the humility Christ himself embodied.
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- Phil 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- 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.
- Heb 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
- 1 Jn 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- 1 Pet 3:8–9Finally, 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:
- 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1 Th 4:9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 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.
- Eph 4:1–3I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Ps 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- 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?
- 2 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- John 15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- 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.
- 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;
- Rom 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- Luke 14:10But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
- John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Matt 20:26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
- 1 Jn 2:9–11He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- Col 1:4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
- Gal 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- 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.
- Gen 13:9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Job 1:4And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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