Selfless Love

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

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

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

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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 it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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

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 →

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. — read the full passage →

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

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

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

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

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, — read the full passage →

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: — read the full passage →

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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 →

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.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. — read the full passage →

O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: — read the full passage →

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

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. — read the full passage →

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: — read the full passage →

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

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. — read the full passage →

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. — read the full passage →

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. — read the full passage →

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — read the full passage →

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. — read the full passage →

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. — read the full passage →

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. — read the full passage →

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

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

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. — read the full passage →

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the 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 your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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

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

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. — read the full passage →

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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