Love Offerings

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — 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.

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye 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.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

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

ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

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

For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God;

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

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.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

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.

And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →

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

Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

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

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

But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

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

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

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

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; — read the full passage →

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.

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

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

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

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: — read the full passage →

And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;

And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

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

But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — read the full passage →

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; — read the full passage →

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

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.