Self Love

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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

Jesus 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 the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

We love him, because he first loved us.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

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

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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: this is the first commandment.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Let all your things be done with charity.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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.

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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, — read the full passage →

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. — read the full passage →

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. — read the full passage →