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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 sacrifice Jesus
For from the beginning
you have heard the message
that we should love one another.
1 John 3:11 law neighbor
When I realized that my foot was slipping,
your kindness, O Lord, raised me up.
Psalm 94:18 reliability dependence
Beloved,
since God loved us so much,
we should love one another.
1 John 4:11 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 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 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 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 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 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 law neighbor
If you love me,
you will keep my commandments.
John 14:15 law Jesus
For your kindness extends to the heavens;
your faithfulness, to the skies.
Psalm 57:11 reliability
No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us.
Romans 8:37 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 law Father
O Lord, you are kind and forgiving,
filled with kindness for all who cry to you.
Psalm 86:5 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 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 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 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.