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but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Exodus Chapter 20: Verse 6
So Moses went back to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.
But now, please forgive their sin,but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."
Exodus Chapter 32: Verses 31 - 32
" 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Leviticus Chapter 19: Verse 18
The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus Chapter 19: Verse 34
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy Chapter 6: Verse 5
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
Deuteronomy Chapter 7: Verse 9
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy Chapter 10: Verse 12
And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.
Deuteronomy Chapter 10: Verse 19
Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
Deuteronomy Chapter 11: Verse 1
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy Chapter 13: Verse 3
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
Deuteronomy Chapter 30: Verse 6
But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul."
Joshua Chapter 22: Verse 5
So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
Joshua Chapter 23: Verse 11
I love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms Chapter 18: Verse 1
Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
Psalms Chapter 31: Verse 23
Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalms Chapter 37: Verse 4
Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father's house.
The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
Psalms Chapter 45: Verses 10 - 11
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
Psalms Chapter 63: Verses 5 - 6
for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
Psalms Chapter 69: Verses 35 - 36
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms Chapter 73: Verses 25 - 26
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
Psalms Chapter 91: Verse 14
Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms Chapter 97: Verse 10
I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
Psalms Chapter 116: Verse 1
How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!
It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes.
It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
Psalms Chapter 133: Verses 1 - 3
The LORD watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
Psalms Chapter 145: Verse 20
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Proverbs Chapter 8: Verse 17
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.
Proverbs Chapter 10: Verse 12
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs Chapter 15: Verse 17
He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 9
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 17
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,
Proverbs Chapter 23: Verse 26
Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice,
or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.
Proverbs Chapter 24: Verses 17 - 18
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.Friends
Song of Solomon Chapter 8: Verses 6 - 7
And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-
these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations."
Isaiah Chapter 56: Verses 6 - 7
"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: " 'I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown.
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,' " declares the LORD.
Jeremiah Chapter 2: Verses 2 - 3
If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.Love for Enemies
Matthew Chapter 5: Verses 41 - 42
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Matthew Chapter 10: Verse 37
Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."
Matthew Chapter 10: Verses 41 - 42
honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.' "
Matthew Chapter 19: Verse 19
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Matthew Chapter 25: Verses 34 - 40
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.The Burial of Jesus
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.The Guard at the Tomb
Matthew Chapter 27: Verses 55 - 61
I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.Causing to Sin
Mark Chapter 9: Verse 41
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'
The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
"Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
Mark Chapter 12: Verses 29 - 33
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
Luke Chapter 2: Verses 29 - 30
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that.
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full.
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke Chapter 6: Verses 31 - 35
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven,for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."
Luke Chapter 7: Verse 47
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."At the Home of Martha and Mary
Luke Chapter 10: Verses 25 - 37
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
Luke Chapter 11: Verse 42
but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
John Chapter 5: Verse 42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
John Chapter 8: Verse 42
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
John Chapter 13: Verses 14 - 15
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
John Chapter 13: Verses 34 - 35
"If you love me, you will obey what I command.
John Chapter 14: Verse 15
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."
John Chapter 14: Verse 21
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
John Chapter 14: Verse 23
"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John Chapter 14: Verse 28
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
John Chapter 15: Verse 9
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John Chapter 15: Verses 12 - 13
No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
John Chapter 16: Verse 27
I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."
John Chapter 17: Verse 26
The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."
John Chapter 21: Verse 17
Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
Acts Chapter 20: Verses 26 - 27
So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Acts Chapter 20: Verse 31
Then Paul answered, "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Acts Chapter 21: Verse 13
Paul replied, "Short time or long,I pray God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains."
Acts Chapter 26: Verse 29
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.
Romans Chapter 1: Verse 12
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans Chapter 5: Verse 5
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
Romans Chapter 5: Verse 7
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans Chapter 8: Verse 28
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,
Romans Chapter 9: Verse 3
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans Chapter 12: Verses 9 - 10
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
Romans Chapter 12: Verses 15 - 16
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans Chapter 13: Verses 8 - 10
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Romans Chapter 14: Verse 19
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
Romans Chapter 14: Verse 21
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Romans Chapter 15: Verses 1 - 2
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 5
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 7
I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
Romans Chapter 15: Verses 14 - 15
I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 24
so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 32
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many people, including me.
Romans Chapter 16: Verses 1 - 2
Greet Ampliatus, whom I love in the Lord.
Romans Chapter 16: Verse 8
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.
Romans Chapter 16: Verse 19
I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians Chapter 1: Verse 4
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children.
Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
1 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verses 14 - 16
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians Chapter 8: Verse 1
But the man who loves God is known by God.
1 Corinthians Chapter 8: Verse 3
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.
1 Corinthians Chapter 8: Verse 13
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
1 Corinthians Chapter 10: Verse 24
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
1 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verses 19 - 21
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians Chapter 13: Verses 1 - 13
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
1 Corinthians Chapter 14: Verse 1
Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians Chapter 16: Verse 14
If anyone does not love the Lord,a curse be on him. Come, O Lord !
1 Corinthians Chapter 16: Verse 22
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
2 Corinthians Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 6
as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians Chapter 1: Verse 14
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.Forgiveness for the Sinner
2 Corinthians Chapter 2: Verse 4
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody.
2 Corinthians Chapter 3: Verse 2
For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verse 5
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verse 8
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians Chapter 5: Verses 14 - 15
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
2 Corinthians Chapter 6: Verses 4 - 6
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.
We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.
As a fair exchange,I speak as to my children,open wide your hearts also.Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers
2 Corinthians Chapter 6: Verses 11 - 13
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.Paul's Joy
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.
I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.
2 Corinthians Chapter 7: Verses 1 - 4
and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever.
2 Corinthians Chapter 7: Verse 7
So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong or of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.
2 Corinthians Chapter 7: Verse 12
But just as you excel in everything,in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us ,see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
2 Corinthians Chapter 8: Verses 7 - 8
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
2 Corinthians Chapter 11: Verse 2
Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?
Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!
2 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verses 14 - 16
We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is for your perfection.
2 Corinthians Chapter 13: Verse 9
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
I plead with you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
Even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Galatians Chapter 4: Verses 11 - 16
My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!Hagar and Sarah
Galatians Chapter 4: Verses 19 - 20
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians Chapter 5: Verse 6
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians Chapter 5: Verse 13
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians Chapter 5: Verse 22
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Galatians Chapter 5: Verse 26
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verses 1 - 2
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.Not Circumcision but a New Creation
Galatians Chapter 6: Verse 10
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verse 14
I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.A Prayer for the Ephesians
Ephesians Chapter 3: Verse 13
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge,that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians Chapter 3: Verses 17 - 19
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 2
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 15
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 32
and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians Chapter 5: Verse 2
I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.
Ephesians Chapter 6: Verse 22
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
Ephesians Chapter 6: Verse 24
I thank my God every time I remember you.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
Philippians Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 5
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me.
God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Philippians Chapter 1: Verses 7 - 9
I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;
but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me.
Philippians Chapter 1: Verses 23 - 26
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
Philippians Chapter 2: Verse 2
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Philippians Chapter 3: Verses 7 - 8
Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends!Exhortations
Philippians Chapter 4: Verse 1
because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints,
Colossians Chapter 1: Verse 4
and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians Chapter 1: Verse 8
My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Colossians Chapter 2: Verse 2
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians Chapter 3: Verses 12 - 14
We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 1: Verse 3
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Verse 12
Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4: Verse 9
But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5: Verse 8
May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.Warning Against Idleness
2 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Verse 5
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 5
The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 14
But women will be saved through childbearing,if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
1 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 15
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Timothy Chapter 4: Verse 12
Those who have believing masters are not to show less respect for them because they are brothers. Instead, they are to serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers, and dear to them. These are the things you are to teach and urge on them.Love of Money
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verse 2
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy Chapter 6: Verse 11
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 7
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy Chapter 1: Verse 13
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 22
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day,and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.Personal Remarks
2 Timothy Chapter 4: Verse 8
Everyone with me sends you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
Titus Chapter 3: Verse 15
because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
Philemon Chapter 1: Verse 5
yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul,an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus,
Philemon Chapter 1: Verse 9
I am sending him,who is my very heart,back to you.
Philemon Chapter 1: Verse 12
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.
Philemon Chapter 1: Verse 16
Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case,things that accompany salvation.
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
Hebrews Chapter 6: Verses 9 - 10
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Hebrews Chapter 10: Verse 24
Keep on loving each other as brothers.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
Hebrews Chapter 13: Verses 1 - 3
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James Chapter 1: Verse 12
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?
James Chapter 2: Verse 5
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right.
James Chapter 2: Verse 8
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
1 Peter Chapter 1: Verse 8
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
1 Peter Chapter 1: Verse 22
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone, "
1 Peter Chapter 2: Verse 7
Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter Chapter 2: Verse 17
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
1 Peter Chapter 3: Verse 8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter Chapter 4: Verse 8
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
2 Peter Chapter 1: Verse 7
But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 5
Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 10
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John Chapter 2: Verse 15
This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 11
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 14
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1 John Chapter 3: Verses 16 - 18
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
1 John Chapter 3: Verse 23
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John Chapter 4: Verse 7
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John Chapter 4: Verses 11 - 12
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John Chapter 4: Verses 16 - 21
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
1 John Chapter 5: Verses 1 - 3
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
2 John Chapter 1: Verses 5 - 6
Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Jude Chapter 1: Verse 21
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Revelation Chapter 2: Verse 4
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