- But as for you, man of God, you must shun all this. Rather, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, fortitude, and gentleness.
- Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself.
- Over all these put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
- 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. - With all humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another in a spirit of love.
- 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. - 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.
- Finally, all of you should be united in spirit, sympathetic, filled with love for one another, compassionate, and humble.
- And ‘to love him with all your heart, and with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself,’ is worth more than any burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but rather a spirit of power and of love and of wisdom.
- 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. - May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ.
- In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
- Rather, professing truth and love, we will in all things grow into him who is the head, Christ.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior and a savior.
He will rejoice over you with gladness
and renew you through his love.
He will exult over you with shouts of joy. - Jesus answered him,
“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him
and make our abode with him.” - 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.
- No one can serve two masters. For you will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- This is what love is:
not that we have loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. - If I have the gift of prophecy
and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and have all the faith necessary to move mountains,
but do not have love,
I am nothing. - 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. - If you obey the command that I give you today, to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways, and to observe his commandments, statutes, and decrees, then you will live and multiply, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose.
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