Topic
Loving Relationships
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Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — 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.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
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.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — read the full passage →
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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 let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
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 →
Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; — read the full passage →
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. — read the full passage →
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; — read the full passage →
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
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, — read the full passage →
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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 →
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — 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. — 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.
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 →
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →
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 →
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 →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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 →
And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: — read the full passage →
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; — read the full passage →
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
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 →
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.
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. — read the full passage →
Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →
forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
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