1Pe 2:17, 3:8, 4:8, 2Pe 1:7, 1Jo 2:9-10, 3:10-18, 23, 4:7-11, 20-21 | ESV | STEP | Honor everyone . Love the brotherhood . Fear God . Honor the emperor .

ao[See ver. 9 above]

apSee ch. 2:2

aq ch. 2:4; 3:17

ar ch. 2:9, 11

at ver. 12; [1 Pet. 1:8]

au Gal. 6:2

av ver. 7; ch. 3:11

1 Peter 2:17

17 ^aHonor everyone. ^bLove the brotherhood. ^cFear God. Honor the emperor.

1 Peter 3:8

Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake

8 Finally, all of you, ^dhave unity of mind, sympathy, ^ebrotherly love, ^fa tender heart, and ^ga humble mind.

1 Peter 4:8

8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since ^hlove covers a multitude of sins.

2 Peter 1:7

7 and godliness ⁱwith brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^jwith love.

1 John 2:9-10

9 Whoever says he is in the light and ^khates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him ^{▼▼Or it} there is no ^mcause for stumbling.

1 John 3:10-18

10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ⁿnor is the one who ^odoes not love his brother.

Love One Another

11 For ^pthis is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^qthat we should love one another. 12 We should not be like ^rCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^sBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 14, 16} ^uthat the world hates you. 14 We know that ^vwe have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 ^wEveryone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^xno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16 By this we know love, that ^yhe laid down his life for us, and ^zwe ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But ^aaif anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^abcloses his heart against him, ^achow does God’s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not ^adlove in word or talk but in deed and ^aein truth.

1 John 3:23

23 And this is his commandment, ^afthat we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^aglove one another, ^ahjust as he has commanded us.

1 John 4:7-11

God Is Love

7 Beloved, ^ailet us love one another, for love is from God, and ^ajwhoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 ^akAnyone who does not love does not know God, because ^alGod is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^amGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, ^annot that we have loved God ^aobut that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^apthe propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:20-21

20 ^aqIf anyone says, “I love God,” and ^arhates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot ^{▼▼Some manuscripts how can he} love God ^atwhom he has not seen. 21 And ^authis commandment we have from him: ^avwhoever loves God must also love his brother.