Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.
but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. Now Sarai was barren; she had no child. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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,
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Let brotherly love continue.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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,
Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?”
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