The Nature of Love
John 4:8 — He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
Romans 13:10 — Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
Love in Action
John 15:12-13 — This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Galatians 5:13 — For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
Ephesians 5:2 — Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
God's Love for Us
John 3:16 — “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 5:8 — But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
A Story of Love in the Old Testament
Ruth 1:16-17 — But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
A Story of Love in the New Testament
Ephesians 5:25 — For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her