The Nature of Love
1 Corinthians 13:4 — Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:5 — It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:6 — Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:7 — It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
The Command to Love
John 13:34 — A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 15:12 — My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Romans 13:10 — Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
God's Love for Us
Romans 5:8 — But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:9 — This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
1 John 4:16 — And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Loving Others as Evidence of Faith
1 John 4:7 — Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 3:18 — Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Matthew 22:37 — Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 — And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
The Nature of Love
1 Corinthians 13:4 — Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:5 — It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:6 — Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:7 — It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
The Command to Love
John 13:34 — A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 15:12 — My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Romans 13:10 — Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
God's Love for Us
Romans 5:8 — But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:9 — This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
1 John 4:16 — And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
Loving Others as Evidence of Faith
1 John 4:7 — Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 3:18 — Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Matthew 22:37 — Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 — And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’