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Love In The New Testament
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Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; — read the full passage →
If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →
for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;' — read the full passage →
See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;
greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
`If ye love me, my commands keep,
for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;
`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,
in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →
there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;
And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, `Which is the first command of all?' — read the full passage →
in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;
of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,
`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →
we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;
Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; — read the full passage →
we--we love him, because He--He first loved us; — read the full passage →
fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;
being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,
Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →
and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.
And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →
for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
let all your things be done in love.
the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.
`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →
and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,
Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →
and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.
`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'
At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?
and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
we--we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.
For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,
and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.
And concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of <FI>my<Fi> writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,
with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →
Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,
and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations, — read the full passage →
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;
From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee <FI>with<Fi> kindness.
Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!
`And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He <FI>is<Fi> God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations,
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, — read the full passage →
doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love; — read the full passage →
in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'
and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down--they tread upon it.
in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;
My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, — read the full passage →
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;
and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;
`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,
And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--
And Thou, O Lord, <FI>art<Fi> God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who <FI>are<Fi> in Christ Jesus! Amen.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
if so be ye did taste that the Lord <FI>is<Fi> gracious,
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