We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.
This is how we are sure that we love God's children, by loving God and obeying his commands
By this everyone will recognize that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another."
You need no one to write you upon brotherly love, for you are yourselves taught by God to love one another,
Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life.
Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.
The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'
Let your brotherly love continue.
This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.
God no one has ever seen; but if we love one another, then God remains within us, and love for him is complete in us.
Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do;
Lastly, you must all be united, you must have sympathy, brotherly love, compassion, and humility,
since we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints,
Hence, as I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.
This is what I command you, to love one another.
This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.
piety with brotherliness, brotherliness with Christian love.
he made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved);
I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens.
And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins
But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "
for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.
"for he is a lover of our nation; it was he who built our synagogue."