Irmãos
A comunhão entre irmãos é marca da igreja verdadeira. A Bíblia nos chama a amar uns aos outros como Cristo nos amou — com perdão, encorajamento e cuidado mútuo.
Amor fraternal
Um novo mandamento vos dou: que vos ameis uns aos outros. Nisto conhecerão que sois meus discípulos — pelo amor entre vós.
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you—that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." part) and Mark 14:27-31 (2nd part). The first two warnings happened in the upper room, the third after they had left it.
Comunhão e edificação
Não abandoneis a congregação. Encorajem-se mutuamente, cantem juntos e instruam-se na Palavra de Cristo.
speaking to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord;
Perdão e reconciliação
Se o teu irmão pecar contra ti, vai e repreende-o a sós. O perdão e a reconciliação preservam a unidade do corpo de Cristo.
Handling a recalcitrant brother
"Now if your brother sins against you, go, confront him between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother. But should he not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
Handling a recalcitrant brother
"Now if your brother sins against you, go, confront him between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have won your brother. But should he not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses. And should he refuse to hear them, tell it to the congregation. But should he refuse to hear even the congregation, let him be to you just like the heathen and the tax collector.
Agreeing in prayer
"Assuredly I say to you, whatever (pl.) you (pl.) may bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you may loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven. Assuredly again, I say to you that if two of you should agree on earth about any subject whatever that they may ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. Because where there are two or three gathered together into my name, there I am in their midst!" my name", not "in"—commitment is involved.
"My heavenly Father will handle you just like that, if each of you does not forgive his brother his trespasses, from the heart."
And in answer the King will say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ demonstrations of righteousness. As James says, a ‘faith’ that does not produce will not save anyone. "These my brothers" refers to those on the King’s right.
Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother."