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

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King James Bible — Romans 12:10
Date
1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly…”

Mutual regard includes both affection and deliberate respect, emphasizing how people treat one another rather than only what they feel privately.

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Romans 12:10 in the King James Version, in a sequence of instructions about sincere love, generosity, patience, and shared responsibility.

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CommunityCompassionFamilyFriendshipHelping OthersHumanityKindnessLoveRelationshipServiceShortTrust
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“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.”

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Ruskin presents affection toward children as relational rather than one-way: care given to a child can be met with trust, warmth and generosity in return.

Source details

The Crown of Wild Olive, Lecture I, “Work,” Project Gutenberg #26716, printed page 41. Ruskin places the sentence inside a Victorian Christian discussion of what he calls the loving and generous character of “right childhood”; this collection preserves that historical moral framework rather than treating every surrounding prescription as modern child-development evidence.

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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”

Galatians · King James Bible — Galatians 6:2 · 1611
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Mutual care is treated as an active responsibility: another person’s difficulty becomes something the community helps carry rather than merely observes.

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Galatians 6:2 in the King James Version, in a passage about restoring and supporting one another.

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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky · The Brothers Karamazov · 1880
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Real love asks for repeated effort, patience, and inconvenience, unlike imagined love that can remain noble without enduring another person’s needs.

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The Brothers Karamazov, Book II, Chapter 4, “A Lady of Little Faith,” Constance Garnett translation, verified against Project Gutenberg #28054 and Wikisource. Father Zossima contrasts idealized love in dreams with active love as labour and fortitude; the line remains theological/fictional counsel rather than a modern clinical or relationship rule.

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My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”

1 John · King James Bible — 1 John 3:18 · 1611
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Love is measured by conduct rather than verbal display, making practical help and truthful action more important than affectionate claims alone.

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1 John 3:18 in the King James Version, following a contrast between having resources and closing oneself to another person’s need.

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