The bond between brothers is a significant theme in Scripture, with Proverbs 17:17 highlighting the enduring nature of fraternal love. In Psalms 133:1, the unity of brothers is described as a blessing from God, while the New Testament writings of John emphasize the importance of loving one's brothers in Christ, noting that hatred towards a brother is incompatible with true faith, as seen in 1 John 3:15 and 4:20. The book of Hebrews also exhorts believers to continue in brotherly love, demonstrating the value placed on this relationship in the Christian community, as encouraged in Hebrews 13:1.
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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
If 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.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
Since 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.
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’