And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →
in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries. — read the full passage →
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
But as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. — read the full passage →
Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.
that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: WEB.