Romans 16:1
Now I introduce and commend to you our sister
Acts 18:18
Paul stayed for a while longer, and then told the
2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we starting to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some [false teachers], letters of recommendation to you or from you? [No!]
Matthew 12:50
Mark 10:30
Luke 8:3
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means [as was the custom for a rabbi’s disciples].
1 Timothy 5:2
to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].
1 Timothy 5:9-10
A widow is to be put on the list [to receive regular assistance] only if she is over sixty years of age, [having been] the wife of one man,
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
1 Peter 1:22-23
Since by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a sincere love of the believers, [see that you] love one another from the heart [always unselfishly seeking the best for one another],