Romans 12:10

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“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.”

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“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.”

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KJVPD

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 12:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 13:9Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
  2. Job 1:4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
  3. Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
  4. Jeremiah 38:12Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
  5. Matthew 20:26It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
  6. Luke 14:10But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
  7. John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
  8. John 15:17This is My command to you: Love one another.
  9. John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  10. Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
  11. Romans 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  12. Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
  13. Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  14. Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  15. Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
  16. Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
  17. Colossians 1:4because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
  18. 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
  19. 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
  20. Hebrews 13:1Continue in brotherly love.
  21. 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  22. 1 Peter 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  23. 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
  24. 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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