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For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
We love because he first loved us.
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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; ...
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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.
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.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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.
And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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.
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.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
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.
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
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,
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
But I know that you do not have the love of God within you.
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
And 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.’
Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
“And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
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,
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?
Because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
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.
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,
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Let all that you do be done in love.
Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
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.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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.”
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
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.
“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.
And 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.”
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
This is the great and first commandment.
He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
And behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...
The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.
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.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 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. We love because he first loved us.
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. 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.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. 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. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Let brotherly love continue.
For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
And so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
But hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
Treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
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.
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the