Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
KJV
τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλόστοργοι, τῇ τιμῇ ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι,
Greek NT
caritate fraternitatis invicem diligentes : honore invicem prævenientes :
Vulgate
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
ASV
Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
προηγέομαι
proegeomai
verb · 1×
τιμή
time
noun · 41×
φιλαδελφία
philadelphia
noun · 8×
φιλόστοργος
philostorgos
adjective · 1×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1971To the Lord's Sermon on the Mount it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic teachings, such as Romans 12-15, 1 Corinthians 12-13, Colossians 3-4, Ephesians 4-5, etc. This doctrine hands on the Lord's teaching with the authority of the apostles, particularly in the presentation of the virtues that flow from faith in Christ and are animated by charity, the princi…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210221.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice. Calvin shows that the practical exhortations of chapters 12-16 flow directly from the doctrinal foundation of chapters 1-11. The life of the Christian is to be a living sacrifice — wholly consecrated to God. The renewing of the mind is the pattern by which believers are con…
Q. Is it enough then that we do not kill our neighbor in any such way? A. No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be patient, peace-loving, gentle, merciful, and friendly to them, to protect them from harm as much as we can, and to do good even to our enemies.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:16 — And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
- 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- 1John 4:11 — Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- 1John 4:20 — If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
- 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- 1Thess 4:9 — But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 1Thess 4:9 — But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- 2Pet 1:7 — And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- 3John 1:9 — I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Col 1:4 — Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
- Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- Gal 5:6 — For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- Gal 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Gen 13:8 — And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
- Gen 13:9 — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left
- Heb 13:1 — Let brotherly love continue.
- Jer 38:12 — And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
- Job 1:4 — And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- John 13:14 — If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 15:12 — This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
- John 15:17 — These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Luke 14:10 — But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that
- Luke 20:46 — Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
- Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh