Small Group Notes: Brotherly Love - Philadelphia Summary: We need to support our faith with brotherly love, which describes a deep love that expresses itself in the warmth of friendship based on family ties in the family of God Open - Who was the best friend you ever had? - Who was the worst friend you ever had? Explore 1. What is the significance of “brotherly” love as opposed to just “love?” How are these the same or different from each other? 2. Some translations say to “support” your faith with these characteristics in 2 Pet 1:5-7. How does brotherly love “support” faith? 3. What are some reasons we should have “brotherly” love for each other and not just “love?” 4. Read Eccl 4:9-12. List some characteristics of friendship according to this verse (you should be able to find at least four). Discuss what each of these characteristics would look like in real life Apply: 5. What new thing have you learned about the Biblical instructions for us to love each other? 6. Out of the characteristics of brotherly love you have discussed above, which do you find strongest in you? Which are the challenge area(s)? 7. What can you do to be a freind to others in this group? Prayer: Read 1 Pet 1:22 and let it serve as a meditation and guide to your prayer