Brotherly Love
..."And so I am giving a new
commandment to you now -- Love each other just as much as I love you. Your
strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples."
John 13:34-35
...Don't just pretend that you
love others: really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of
the good. Love each other with brotherly affection and take delight in
honoring each other.
Romans 12:9-10
...But concerning the pure brotherly
love that there should be among God's people, I don't need to say very
much, I'm sure! For God himself is teaching you to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
...Anyone who says he is walking
in the light of Christ but dislikes his fellow man is still in darkness.
But whoever loves his fellow man is "walking in the light" and can see
his way without stumbling around in darkness and sin. For he who dislikes
his brother is wandering in spiritual darkness and doesn't know where he
is going, for the darkness has made him blind so that he cannot see the
way.
1 John 2:9-11
...But if you keep on sinning,
it shows that you belong to Satan, who since he first began to sin
has kept steadily at it. But the Son of God came to destroy these works
of the devil.
1 John 3:8
...Dear friends, let us practice
loving each other, for love comes from God and those who are loving and
kind show that they are Children of God, and that they are getting to know
him better. But if a person isn't loving and kind, it shows that he doesn't
know God -- for God is love.
1 John 4:7-9
...Now you can have real love
for everyone because your souls have been cleansed from selfishness and
hatred when you trusted Christ to save you; so see to it that you really
do love each other warmly with all your hearts.
1 Peter 1:22
...Since you have been chosen
by God who has given you this new kind of life, and because of his
deep love and concern for you, you should practice tender-hearted mercy
and kindness to each other. Don't worry about making a good impression
on them, but be ready to suffer quickly and patiently, be gentle and ready
to forgive; never hold grudges. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you
must forgive others.
Collosians 3:12-13
Obedience
..."Look today I have set before
you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. I have commanded
you today to love the Lord your God and to follow his paths and to keep
his laws, so that you will live and become a great nation, and so that
the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to possess.
Deuteronomy 30:15-16
...Therefore, obey the terms
of this covenant so that you will prosper in everything that you do.
Deuteronomy 29:9
...Oh, that they would always
have such a heart for me, wanting to obey my commandments, then all would
go well with them and the future, and with their children throughout all
generations!
Deuteronomy 5:29
...Therefore, Oh Israel, listen
closely to each command and be careful to obey it, so that all will go
well, with you, and so that you will have many children. If you obey these
commands you will become a great nation, glorious land 'flowing with milk
and honey,' even as the God of your fathers promised you.
Deuteronomy 6:3
...Only then will you be doing
what is right and good in the Lord's eyes. If you obey him, all will go
well for you, and you will be able to go in and possess the good land the
Lord promised your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 6:18
...Because of your obedience,
the Lord your God will keep his part of the contract which, in his tender
love, he made your fathers.
Deuteronomy 7:12
...Keep putting into practice
all you learned from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be
with you.
Phillippians 4:9
...And so if anyone breaks the
least commandment and teaches others to, shall be the least in the Kingdom
of Heaven. But those who teach God's laws and obey them shall be
great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:19
..."Not all who sound religious
are really godly people. They may to refer to me as 'Lord' but still won't
get to Heaven. For the decisive questions and whether they obey my Father
in Heaven."
Matthew 7:21
..."All who listen to my instructions
and follow them are wise, like a man who builds his house on solid rock.
Through the rain comes in torrents, and the floods rise and the storm winds
beat against his house, it won't collapse for it is built on rock."
Matthew 7:24-25
...Then he added,"Anyone who
obeys my Father in Heaven is my brother, sister, mother!"
Matthew 12:50
..."If they listen and obey him,
then they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives."
Job 36:11
...He will punish sin wherever
it is found. He will punish the heathen when they sin, even though they
never had God's written laws, for down in their hearts they know right
from wrong. God's laws are written within them; their own conscience accuses
them, or sometimes excuses them. And God will punish the Jews for sinning
because they have his written laws but don't obey them. They know what
is right but don't do it. After all, salvation is not given to those who
know what to do, unless they do it.
Romans 2:12-15
...And we know that all that
happened to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into
his plans.
Romans 8:28
..."I say emphatically that anyone
who listens to my message and believes in God who sent me has eternal life,
and will never be damned for his sins, but has already passed out of death
into life."
John 5:24
..."With all the earnestness
I have I tell you this -- no one who obeys me shall ever die!"
John 8:51
..."You know these things --
now do them! That is the path of blessing."
John 13:17
..."You didn't choose me! I chose
you! I appointed you to go and produce lovely fruit always, so that no
matter what you asked for from the Father using my name, he will give it
to you."
John 15:16
...But if anyone keeps looking
steadily into God's law for free men, he will not remember it but he will
do what it says, and God will greatly bless him and everything he does.
James 1:25
...And this world is fading away,
and these evil, forbidden things will go with it, but who ever keeps doing
the will of God will live for ever.
1 John 2:17
...And get
whatever we ask for because we are obeying him and doing the things that
please him.
1 John 3:22
...Happiness comes to those who
are fair to others and are always just and good.
Psalm 106:3
...It was after he provided himself
perfect in this experience that Jesus became a giver of eternal salvation
to all who obey him.
Hebrews 5:9