the brethren.

Acts 15:4
On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

Romans 15:7
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

Hebrews 13:1, 2
Continue in brotherly love. . . .

3 John 1:7, 8
For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. . . .