Walking In Brotherly Love

• 9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
  • Ephesians 4:31 – 5:2
• 10 for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1

Walking Properly Before Outsiders

• 11a and to aspire to live quietly,
  • Proverbs 21:23
  • 1 Timothy 2:1, 2
  • Hebrews 12:14
• 11b and to mind your own affairs,
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:11, 12
  • Philippians 2:4
• 11c and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
• 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
  • Colossians 4:5, 6

So What?

• We demonstrate the sanctifying power of the gospel in the way we walk among each other and the world.
  • Colossians 3:1–3

Further Discussion

• In what ways do I struggle to show brotherly love towards fellow Christians?
• How is “living a quiet life,” “minding your own affairs,” and “working with your hands” connected to holiness and sanctification?
• In which of those three areas do you most often struggle to demonstrate Christlikeness?