and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Let brotherly love continue.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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