Bible verses about "brothers" | ISV

²⁶ I am in distress for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been most kind to me. Your love for me was extraordinary— beyond love from women.

¹⁰ Never abandon your friend nor your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in times of trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who lives far away.

⁹ Each person was to set free his male and female slaves who were Hebrews, so that no Jewish person would enslave his brother.

⁴⁰ The king will answer them, ‘I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.’

⁵⁰ because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

³⁴ I’m giving you a new commandment…to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ³⁵ This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

⁸ If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

³⁵ This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts.”

¹¹ because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

²² Love One AnotherNow that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

²⁴ A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁵ Dealing with a Brother who Sins
“If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. ¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two others with you so that ‘every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ ¹⁷ If, however, he ignores them, tell it to the congregation. If he also ignores the congregation, regard him as an unbeliever and a tax collector.
¹⁸ “I tell all of you with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven. ¹⁹ Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven, ²⁰ because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them.”

²⁰ Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen.

¹ Concluding WordsLet brotherly love continue.

¹ A Davidic Song of Ascents
The Significance of Unity Look how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!

¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is there for times of trouble.