Topic
Loving
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — 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.
We love, because he first loved us.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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 →
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.
Let all that ye do be done in love.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
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 →
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.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →
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.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
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.
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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 →
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.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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.
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.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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 →
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:
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
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. — read the full passage →
But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
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 →
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
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.
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. — read the full passage →
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? — read the full passage →
Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
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.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →
For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations, — read the full passage →
and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
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.
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
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.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.