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Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...
I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. ...
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: ...
And godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.
Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
Because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ...
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
And has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Let all that you do be done in love.
Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...
So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ...
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
But I know that you do not have the love of God within you.
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and