Brotherly love (φιλαδελφια). Late word from φιλαδελφος (1 Peter 3:8). See 1 Thessalonians 4:9. It is alway…

ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER 13

The closing chapter of this epistle is made up almost entirely of exhortations to the performance of various practica…

Brotherly love.—Better, The love of the brethren. (See Romans 12:10, and Note; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; [Referenc…

Let brotherly love continue.

The word "continue" implies that the "brotherly love" exists, and there are many things which might pu…

“Loving each other as brothers” (GK 5789) is a most important virtue in the NT. Those who are linked in the common bond of having been saved by the…

Let brotherly love, et cetera. Probably he gave this command concerning brotherly love because a secret hatred, arising from the …

Let brotherly love continue .
] The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions add, "in you"; or among you, as a church and s…

The purpose of Christ in giving himself for us is that he may purchase for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works; and true religion is t…

Having instructed them on how to bear with evil, the Apostle now tells them how to act in doing good. Therefore, according to a Glo , he is beginni…