Our First Love

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. — read the full passage →

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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.

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

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:

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

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

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.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

We love, because he first loved us.

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

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

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

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false; — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

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

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

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

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.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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:

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

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.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

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

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.

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

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

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.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

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.

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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 →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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 →

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

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.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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 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 →

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:

So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.

I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

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;

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.