First Love

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. — read the full passage →

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

We love, because he first loved us.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; — read the full passage →

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

And 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 have not love, I am nothing.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false; — read the full passage →

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. — read the full passage →