Amor fraternal: o que é e como vivê-lo na prática
O que é amor fraternal segundo a Bíblia
Amor fraternal é o compromisso prático de cuidar, honrar e servir aos irmãos na fé como membros de uma mesma família. No Novo Testamento, a palavra usada para definir esse vínculo é philadelphia — termo grego que descrevia o afeto entre irmãos de sangue, mas que Jesus e os apóstolos aplicaram à convivência diária entre os cristãos.
Esse amor não nasce de simpatia natural ou interesses em comum. É uma decisão diária de tratar o outro com a mesma graça que Deus demonstrou na cruz, servindo de testemunho visível do Evangelho diante do mundo.
I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another."(John 13:34,35)
"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.(John 15:12)
Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.(John 15:13)
Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;(1 Thessalonians 4:9)
A prova prática da fé
A Primeira Carta de João insiste que o amor fraternal é a medida real da vida com Deus. Não há como sustentar uma comunhão íntima com o Criador invisível enquanto se negligencia o irmão visível na igreja ou na comunidade.
Mais do que boas intenções ou palavras afetuosas, esse amor se comprova no socorro concreto a quem enfrenta necessidades materiais ou espirituais.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.(1 John 3:14)
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him? Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.(1 John 3:16-18)
If someone says, "I love God," and yet he hates his brother or sister, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.(1 John 4:20,21)
Como praticar o amor fraternal no dia a dia
Nas cartas do Novo Testamento, o amor entre irmãos ganha forma em atitudes bem específicas: paciência com as falhas alheias, disposição para perdoar, hospitalidade e preferência pelo bem do outro antes do próprio.
Quando os cristãos escolhem cobrir ofensas com perdão e abrir as portas a quem precisa de amparo, o amor fraternal deixa de ser um conceito abstrato e cumpre a lei de Cristo.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor,(Romans 12:10)
Let love of the brothers and sisters continue. Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are badly treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.(Hebrews 13:1-3)
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.(1 Peter 4:8)
In addition to all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.(Colossians 3:14)
And He said to him, " ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’This is the great and foremost commandment.The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’(Matthew 22:37-39)
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