Brotherhood imagery uses brother, sister, kindred, family, and household language to picture shared identity, mutual obligation, unity, love, or covenant responsibility.
Brotherhood imagery uses brother, sister, kindred, family, and household language to picture shared identity, mutual obligation, unity, love, or covenant responsibility.
A kinship-community motif in which brother, sister, brethren, kindred, family, household, or household of faith signifies literal blood relation, covenant solidarity, mutual duty, ecclesial identity, unity, or love within Gods people.
These examples show how Brotherhood, Kinship, and Covenant-Family Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
Am I my brothers keeper?
The first murder raises the question of brotherly responsibility.
for we be brethren
Abram appeals to kinship to prevent strife.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart
Brother language grounds covenantal correction and love.
brethren to dwell together in unity
Brotherhood becomes an image for harmonious covenant fellowship.
the same is my brother, and sister, and mother
Jesus redefines kinship around obedience to the Fathers will.
all ye are brethren
Disciples are warned against status-seeking by remembering fraternal equality.
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love
Church affection is described through family love.
the household of faith
Believers are identified as a household receiving special care.
not ashamed to call them brethren
Christ identifies his sanctified people as brethren.
because we love the brethren
Love for the brothers becomes evidence of life.
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