So Abram said to Lot, (A)“Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.

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But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!

Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. (A)Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?

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26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’

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Blessed Unity of the People of God

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For (A)brethren to dwell together in unity!

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Obedience by Faith

20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [a]how can he love God (B)whom he has not seen? 21 And (C)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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  1. 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death. 15 (A)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

The Outworking of Love

16 (C)By this we know love, (D)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (E)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, (F)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [b]know (G)that we are of the truth, and shall [c]assure our hearts before Him.

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  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother
  2. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  3. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest

(A)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 (B)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and (C)there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who (D)hates his brother is in darkness and (E)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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to godliness brotherly kindness, and (A)to brotherly kindness love.

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And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”

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Called to Blessing

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be [a]courteous;

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  1. 1 Peter 3:8 NU humble

The Enduring Word

22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical

Concluding Moral Directions

13 Let (A)brotherly love continue.

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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:

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with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit (A)in the bond of peace.

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10 (A)Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, (B)in honor giving preference to one another;

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(A)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

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Terah’s Descendants

27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot (A)Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Then Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram’s wife was (B)Sarai,[a] and the name of Nahor’s wife, (C)Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah. 30 But (D)Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah (E)took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from (F)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to (G)the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

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  1. Genesis 11:29 Sarah, Gen. 17:15

Knowing God Through Love(A)

(B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who (C)loves is born of God and knows God.

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17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear (A)God. Honor the king.

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17 But (A)the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, (B)without partiality (C)and without hypocrisy. 18 (D)Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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A Brotherly and Orderly Life

But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (A)you yourselves are taught by God (B)to love one another;

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14 Do all things (A)without [a]complaining and (B)disputing,[b]

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  1. Philippians 2:14 grumbling
  2. Philippians 2:14 arguing

Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.

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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

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A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath

15 A (A)soft answer turns away wrath,
But (B)a harsh word stirs up anger.

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