Romans 12:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλόστοργοι· τῇ τιμῇ ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι·

Transliteration

In the philadelphia toward allēlous philostorgoi; in the timē allēlous proēgoumenoi;

Grammar Details

• *philadelphia*: dative, feminine, singular - brotherly love
• *allēlous*: accusative, masculine, plural - one another
• *philostorgoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - affectionate/tender loving
• *timē*: dative, feminine, singular - honor
• *proēgoumenoi*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, plural - preferring/going before

Word Meanings

• *philadelphia*: brotherly love/love of brethren
• *allēlous*: one another/each other
• *philostorgoi*: affectionate/tender loving/devoted
• *timē*: honor/respect/value/price
• *proēgoumenoi*: preferring/going before/esteeming/leading

Referenced Verses

• John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
• Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly love continue.
• Phil 2:3 : 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• 1 John 4:11 : 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
• 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Eph 4:1-3 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
• Ps 133:1 : 1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
• 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
• 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
• 1 John 3:10-18 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• 1 John 4:20-5:2 : 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
• Matt 20:26 : 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
• Luke 14:10 : 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
• Job 1:4 : 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
• John 15:17 : 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
• John 17:21 : 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Acts 4:32 : 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
• Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
• Col 1:4 : 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Gen 13:9 : 9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.