Let love of the brethren continue.
Love being the fountain and foundation of all moral duties, our apostle begins with it, and places it at the head of all the rest, as comprehending our whole duty towards our neighbour. Note here, The duty commanded is love; the special duty recommended is brotherly love, or that brotherly affection which every true Christian chiefly bears to all his fellow members in Christ for...
ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER 13 THE closing chapter of this epistle is made up almost entirely of exhortations to the performance of various practical duties. The exhortations relate to the following points:--brotherly love, ; hospitality, ; sympathy with those in bonds, ; fidelity in the marriage relation, ; contentment, ; submission to those in authority, ; stability in the doctrines of religion, ; benevolence, ; obedience...
Let brotherly love continue. (1) He comes to the second table of the law, the sum of which is charity, especially toward strangers and such as are afflicted.