Love as the Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22:37-39 — Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mark 12:31 — The second is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love in Action
1 John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:11 — Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
John 13:34 — 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.
Love as Evidence of Faith
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 — 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; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love and Forgiveness
Ephesians 4:32 — Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:14 — And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Love as the Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22:37-39 — Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mark 12:31 — The second is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.
Love in Action
1 John 4:7 — Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:11 — Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
John 13:34 — 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.
Love as Evidence of Faith
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 — 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; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love and Forgiveness
Ephesians 4:32 — Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:14 — And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.