Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.” | Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” |
And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you. |
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But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! | But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. |
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money! | Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. |
Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give! | All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. |
One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.” | Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” |
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me. | Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. |
I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. | When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. |
The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” | 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.” |
Those who love your instructions have great peace and do not stumble. | Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. |
For you bless the godly, O Lord; you surround them with your shield of love. | For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield. |
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. | By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. | Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. |
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. | O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. |
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. | For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. | Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. |
But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love. | Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. |
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. | One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend. |
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. | Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. |
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. | Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. |