- No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
- Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”
- Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
- If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
- One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs. - A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
- And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- Great peace have those who love your law,
and nothing can make them stumble. - Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
- Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
- Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
- Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
- By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
- Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
- But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
- But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
- Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
- For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.Next verse!With image