Hebrews 13:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Let brotherly love continue.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἡ φιλαδελφία μενέτω.

Transliteration

The philadelphia let menetō.

Grammar Details

• *philadelphia*: nominative, feminine, singular - brotherly love
• *menetō*: imperative, present, active, 3rd person, singular - let continue/remain/abide

Word Meanings

• *philadelphia*: brotherly love/affection, love of brothers/siblings
• *menetō*: continue/remain/abide/stay/persist

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let brotherly love continue.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let brotherly loue cotynue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let brotherly loue continue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let brotherly loue continue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Let brotherly love continue.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Let brotherly love remain;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let love of the brethren continue.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let brotherly love continue.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
• 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• Rom 12:9-9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We always ought to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing.
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love you have shown for His name, having served and continuing to serve the saints. 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.
• Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
• John 15:17 : 17 This is my command: Love one another.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.
• 1 John 3:10-18 : 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God. 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another. 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.
• 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
• 1 John 4:20-5:1 : 20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister. 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.
• 2 John 1:5-6 : 5 And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I am writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
• Rev 2:4 : 4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.
• John 13:34-35 : 34 'I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.' 35 'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Eph 4:3 : 3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
• Phil 2:1-3 : 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
• 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 10 And indeed you are doing this toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel even more.
• Acts 2:1 : 1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place.
• Acts 2:44-46 : 44 All the believers were united and had everything in common. 45 They sold their possessions and goods and distributed the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need. 46 Day by day, they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
• Acts 4:32 : 32 The multitude of believers were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they had everything in common.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.