Love (3/4)

This is how we know what love is: he laid down his… 1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is:
he laid down his life for us,
and we in turn must be prepared
to lay down our lives for our brethren.
1 John 3:16 love Jesus neighbor
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 love God calling

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 love sacrifice Jesus
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly.
Colossians 3:18-19 humility marriage relationships
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30 love God strength
Since in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of circumcision is worth anything. All that matters is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:6 faith love Jesus
I have made your name known to them,
and I will make it known,
so that the love with which you loved me
may be in them, and I in them.
John 17:26 love Jesus prayer
The tongue has the power over life and death;
those who cherish it will enjoy its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21 speaking blessing self-control
Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
for he protects the souls of his faithful ones
and rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 97:10 reliability redeemer evil
Who then can separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 8:35 love suffering persecution
If anyone is rich in worldly possessions
and sees a brother in need
but refuses to open his heart,
how can the love of God abide in him?
1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
Finally, all of you should be united in spirit, sympathetic, filled with love for one another, compassionate, and humble.
1 Peter 3:8 humility community neighbor
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 love Jesus life
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
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 love obedience
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 love suffering giving
If in speaking I use human tongues
and angelic as well,
but do not have love,
I am nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love speaking angels
But to those of you who are listening to me, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Luke 6:27-28 obedience blessing prayer
Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9 reliability law God
I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him.
Psalm 116:1-2 love worship listening
For as it is written,
“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
nor has the human heart imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 love reward
Brethren, you were called to freedom. However, make sure that you do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Instead, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13 freedom humility desires
Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22 desires temptation evil
Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, is Lord alone. You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 law love God
And now, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways. Encourage one another. Be of one mind and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11 life peace love

For God would not be so unjust as to ignore your work and the love that you have shown for his name by the services you have rendered to the saints and still continue to render.