Loving Yourself

Thou <FI>art<Fi> all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

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 →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

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;

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

`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.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

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.'

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

`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 →

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

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;'

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; — read the full passage →

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

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-- — read the full passage →

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;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

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.

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

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;

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,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

let all your things be done in love.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, — read the full passage →

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

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 →

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

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.'

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

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 →

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 →

How precious <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee <FI>with<Fi> kindness.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

on these--the two commands--all the law and the prophets do hang.'

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son--the only begotten--hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him; — read the full passage →

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.

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

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--

for if any one doth think <FI>himself<Fi> to be something--being nothing--himself he doth deceive;

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

`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 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.

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 →

Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

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;

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

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;

and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

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; — read the full passage →

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?

as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — 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 →

I--I <FI>am<Fi> He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

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! — read the full passage →

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; — read the full passage →

and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep; — read the full passage →