Love (3/5)

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Psalm 103:8	The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. grace patience
During the day the Lord grants his kindness, and at night his praise is with me, a prayer to the living God. Psalm 42:9	The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life. worship prayer

In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with piety, and piety with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. 2 Peter 1:5-7	But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. faith goodness self-control
If I give away everything to feed the poor and hand over my body to be burned, but do not have love, I achieve nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3	And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. suffering giving pride
You shall not hate your brother in your heart, nor shall you rebuke your brother in any way, lest you bear sin because of him. You shall not seek vengeance nor bear a grudge against the children of your people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:17-18	You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. gentleness anger neighbor
Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself; thus my lips will speak your praise. I will bless you all my life; with uplifted hands I will call on your name. Psalm 63:4-5	Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. life worship praise
But as for you, man of God, you must shun all this. Rather, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, fortitude, and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:11	But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. faith righteousness
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God. Ephesians 5:2	And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. sacrifice Jesus
For from the beginning you have heard the message that we should love one another. 1 John 3:11	For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. law neighbor
When I realized that my foot was slipping, your kindness, O Lord, raised me up. Psalm 94:18	If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up. reliability dependence
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. 1 John 4:11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. God community
Let mutual love continue, and do not forget to offer hospitality to strangers, for by doing this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:1-2	Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. gentleness neighbor angels
He answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27	So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ” law obedience
Although the mountains may be shaken and the hills may totter, my steadfast love will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will never be shaken, says the Lord who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10	“For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you. peace reliability covenant
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7	Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. neighbor friendship rebirth
Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15	Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. sin Father world
I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. John 13:34	A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. law neighbor
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15	If you love Me, keep My commandments. law Jesus
For your kindness extends to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies. Psalm 57:11	For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds. reliability
No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us. Romans 8:37	Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. overcoming God
Anyone who has received my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him. John 14:21	He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. law Father
O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, filled with kindness for all who cry to you. Psalm 86:5	For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. reliability forgiveness
We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28	And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. God calling
God’s love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 1 John 4:9	In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Jesus life world
Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. Romans 5:5	Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. hope heart Spirit

But God is rich in his mercy, and because he had such great love for us, he brought us to life with Christ when we were already dead through sin—it is by grace that you have been saved.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).